German automaker Porsche has launched a pilot project that aims to recover valuable raw materials from high-voltage batteries after their use in vehicles and to test a potential closed-loop raw material cycle. For the long term, the automaker plans to establish a recycling network for high-voltage batteries in collaboration with external partners. The pilot project… Read more »
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Vianode and Fortum Battery Recycling to develop EV battery recycling value chain
Norwegian battery materials company Vianode and Finland-based Fortum Battery Recycling, which specializes in recycling valuable metals from EV batteries, have agreed to collaborate on developing a sustainable EV battery recycling value chain. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to secure supplies of high-quality recycled graphite concentrate from Fortum’s hydrometallurgical plant in Harjavalta,… Read more »
Livium expands battery recycling with BYD Australia and Sell & Parker
Livium, previously known as Lithium Australia, has signed agreements with EV supplier BYD Australia and national metal recycling business Sell & Parker to expand battery recycling. Through its subsidiary Envirostream Australia, Livium has entered into a new expanded recycling agreement with BYD Australia to better address the growing requirements of the broader BYD business in… Read more »
BATCircle3.0 consortium advances battery material and recycling research in Finland
The three-year, Finland-based BATCircle3.0 project led by Aalto University has launched with a strategic focus on battery material refining and battery recycling. In October 2024, Business Finland granted the consortium €13.4 million in funding for the next three years. BATCircle3.0 is a key project in Business Finland’s Hydrogen & Batteries—Dual Helix of Decarbonization program. The… Read more »
Blue Whale Materials partners with Call2Recycle for Li-ion battery recycling in North America
Lithium-ion battery recycling firm Blue Whale Materials (BWM) has formed a strategic partnership with Call2Recycle, a battery stewardship organization in North America. BWM’s sorting and recycling facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma will receive and process batteries brought into Call2Recycle’s national network, which collects spent batteries across the US. The facility is already operational for sorting and… Read more »
BMW and SK tes to expand high-voltage battery recycling
German carmaker BMW and South Korean technology firm SK tes plan to expand their closed-loop battery recycling system from Europe to the US-Mexico-Canada region in 2026. The recycling process recovers cobalt, nickel and lithium from used batteries to return them to the value chain to produce new batteries. BMW is directly involved in the process,… Read more »
Redivivus and Re-New-Able team up to open Illinois battery recycling facility
US battery recycling technology firms Redivivus and Re-New-Able Technologies have partnered to establish a scalable lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Illinois. Re-New-Able is leading the project, using Redivivus’s Redi-Shred recycling technology. The facility will process batteries of any state of charge or health from local businesses and OEM factories. It will also support the state’s… Read more »
Ace Green Recycling to build enormous LFP battery recycling facility in India
Ace Green Recycling, a provider of sustainable battery recycling technology, has secured a site in Mundra, Gujarat, to build what it says will be India’s largest battery recycling facility. The site is strategically located near major ports handling over 10% of India’s maritime cargo. The facility will build on Ace’s existing operations, which have been… Read more »
T&E study finds recycling battery metals could supply up to a quarter of Europe’s EVs by 2030
Materials recovered from end-of-life batteries and gigafactory scrap have the potential to build up to 2.4 million EVs in Europe by the end of the decade, cutting the continent’s reliance on mineral imports, according to research by non-governmental sustainability group Transport & Environment (T&E). Recycling spent battery cells and production scrap could provide 14% of… Read more »
Tennessee Tech receives $4.8-million federal grant to improve EV battery recycling
Researchers at Tennessee Tech University are set to receive a $4.8-million grant from the US Department of Energy to help improve the nation’s EV battery recycling ecosystem. The grant is part of a $45-million federal initiative supporting projects at eight businesses or institutions, including General Motors, Caterpillar and Siemens. Tennessee Tech University’s project aims to… Read more »