Battery recycling firm Princeton NuEnergy (PNE) has been awarded a SuperBoost grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York to scale its low-temperature plasma-assisted separation process for direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries. Founded at Princeton University in 2019, PNE is developing technology that enables the repair and rejuvenation of… Read more »
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Ecobat sells German and Austrian battery recycling operations to Clarios
Battery recycling firm Ecobat has agreed to sell its battery recycling and specialty lead operations in Germany and Austria to energy storage company Clarios. The transaction includes Ecobat’s facilities in Freiberg and Braubach, Germany, as well as the Arnoldstein operation in Austria. “We are pleased to announce the sale of our German and Austrian operations,”… Read more »
Electrified Materials finalizes agreements for rare earth and critical mineral recycling grant
Electrified Materials, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Resources, has finalized and signed all agreements related to a $911,519 matching grant awarded through the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Waste Diversion Project. The funding will support the purchase of advanced equipment for the preprocessing and recycling of rare earth magnets, critical minerals and defense materials. Electrified… Read more »
LG Energy Solution and Toyota Tsusho establish US battery recycling JV
Battery maker LG Energy Solution Michigan and Toyota Tsusho America have established Green Metals Battery Innovations, a joint venture (JV) company focused on battery recycling that will build and operate a preprocessing plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The new plant will handle preprocessing operations to extract black mass, which contains raw metals such as nickel,… Read more »
NREL uses nano-CT imaging to improve battery recycling
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are exploring an alternative method of direct recycling, which aims to preserve and refurbish battery components for a more efficient and cost-effective process. The researchers are using x-ray nanoscale computed tomography (nano-CT) for imaging of end-of-life batteries alongside NREL’s Microstructure Analysis Toolbox (MATBOX)… Read more »
BASF starts up black mass plant for battery recycling in Germany
German chemical company BASF has started the commercial operation of its battery black mass recycling plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The facility has an annual processing capacity of up to 15,000 tons of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and production scrap. This is equivalent to 40,000 electric vehicle batteries per year. The black mass contains high amounts of… Read more »
Campine offers to buy Ecobat’s French battery recycling operations
US-based battery recycling Ecobat has received a binding offer from Belgian recycler Campine to acquire its battery recycling and specialty lead manufacturing operations in France, and has agreed to grant exclusivity to Campine. The purchase would include Ecobat’s facilities in Estrée-Saint-Denis, Bazoches and Pont-Sainte-Maxence, which would mark Ecobat’s exit from the French market other than… Read more »
ReElement and Exigo Battery Solutions form rare earth recycling JV
American Resources, through its holding in ReElement Technologies, which is developing rare earth element (REE) and critical mineral refining capacity, has agreed to enter a joint venture (JV) with Exigo Battery Solutions to use ReElement’s rare earth oxide refining technologies within the US and India to produce purified rare earth oxides. Exigo will initially source,… Read more »
Ecobat accelerates battery recycling, commissioning 3 new plants in 12 months
US battery recycling firm Ecobat has commissioned three lithium-ion battery recycling facilities within a year. Located in Hettstedt, Germany; Casa Grande, Arizona and Darlaston, England, the facilities are fully operational and capable of processing up to 10,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries annually. The company plans to scale the capacity up to 25,000 tons. The plants… Read more »
Electrified Materials receives EPA permit for recycling batteries and rare earth magnets
Electrified Materials, a subsidiary of American Resources, has received a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). Electrified Materials recycles end-of-life and non-spec lithium-ion batteries and rare earth magnet materials from products such as wind turbines, EV motors, consumer electronics… Read more »