Science Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprise specializing in heavy metal pollution prevention and control, with the core development goal of becoming a leader in the field of heavy metal pollution control. In 2016, the company introduced Zijin Mining Group as a strategic investor, which became its second-largest shareholder. In 2022, Science was successfully listed on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, becoming the first A-share listed company focused on heavy metal pollution control.
The company has long adhered to R&D and innovation, following the technical principles of "resource recovery, reduction, harmless treatment, and cost-effectiveness." It has established an integrated business system combining comprehensive heavy metal pollution control solutions, proprietary products, and operational services. Its products and services have been applied in more than 300 large- and medium-sized non-ferrous metal mining, beneficiation, and smelting enterprises both domestically and internationally.
Science serves as the industrialization base of the National Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Pollution Prevention and Control. It operates a postdoctoral research workstation, Hunan Provincial Enterprise Technology Center, Hunan Engineering Research Center for New Energy Wastewater Resource Utilization, and Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Non-ferrous Heavy Metal Pollution Control Equipment. The company is recognized as a national-level specialized, refined, differential, and innovative "Little Giant" enterprise.
The company has established an R&D model centered on independent innovation and supplemented by industry-university-research cooperation. It maintains long-term partnerships with Central South University, Hunan Agricultural University, Hunan Technology and Business University, Hunan Research Institute of Environmental Protection, and other leading institutions. It has obtained more than 100 patents and software copyrights, participated in 4 national key R&D programs, and undertaken over 20 national- and provincial-level research projects.
The company's four core technology series — advanced heavy metal wastewater treatment and reuse, smelting acid wastewater treatment and resource recovery, arsenic-containing solid waste treatment and clean utilization in non-ferrous smelting, and ecological environment restoration — have achieved large-scale industrial application. Multiple technologies have won prestigious awards, including the Second Prize of the National Technological Invention Award, Second Prize of the National Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, China Patent Award, and First Prize of the China Non-ferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Award.
