Batteries Demand Lithium Recycled materials 
Charged
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
As demand for lithium-ion batteries accelerates, recycling of raw materials will be an essential part of the circular EV ecosystem. Benchmark forecasts that scrap will account for 78% of the pool of recyclable materials in 2025. Demand for recycled materials may soon be on the increase.
Charged
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Sumitomo Metal Mining has developed a new proprietary process to extract high-grade metals from used EV batteries. Sumitomo says competitors, including JX Nippon Mining & Metals and Umicore, are also working on ways to recycle these materials, but that their processes require expensive chemicals. Source: Nikkei Asia.
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The Verge: Energy
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on. In 2021, battery manufacturing in the United States totaled approximately 55 gigawatt-hours’ worth of cells, or roughly enough batteries to produce 700,000 EVs.
Charged
JUNE 29, 2023
The EU parliament has approved a new set of rules designed to make EV batteries more durable, more sustainable and better performing. The new regs, which will come into force once the European Council has formally endorsed the text, affect the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU.
Charged
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials will supply remanufactured battery cathode material to Panasonic, beginning in 2025, for a new factory the Japanese battery-maker is currently building in Kansas. Part of the demand is expected to be met by recycling, which could reduce the need for new mines.
Charged
APRIL 5, 2024
Afraid there won’t be enough recycling plants to recycle EV batteries when they start reaching end of life in large numbers? Encouraged by generous government incentives, companies have been investing heavily in battery plants. If a shortage of recyclable batteries develops, such companies could have the advantage.
Charged
JULY 25, 2023
As numerous EV execs have told Charged in recent months, the “buy American” provisions of the IRA and BIL are driving massive investments in domestic mining and processing for EV battery raw materials. Now a similar gold rush appears to be gathering speed in the battery recycling field.
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