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JUNE 1, 2023

Specialty chemicals supplier Albemarle has announced a definitive agreement with Ford to deliver battery-grade lithium hydroxide to support the automaker’s ramp-up of EV production. Albemarle will supply more than 100,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide for approximately 3 million future Ford EV batteries.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

UK-based clean technology group Altilium is collaborating with vehicle salvage and recycling specialist Synetiq to recycle the growing number of EV batteries from damaged cars. LV= Insurance works closely with Synetiq to recover and recycle EV batteries from damaged vehicles insured by LV=.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Illustration by Sisi Kim for The Verge Smarter tech and new recycling techniques might just mean our EVs get even greener. Here’s how Redwood Materials is putting recycling at the heart of the burgeoning battery belt. The solution, or part of it, might come from recycling. There’s a bit of a battery manufacturing boom going on.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Group AG and the Government of Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore deeper cooperation across all stages of the automotive value chain—from technical development and the extraction of raw materials to production, service life and recycling. Source: Mercedes-Benz.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

A UN-backed report funded by the EU outlines a proposal whereby the recycling of certain components and sub-systems within electronic equipment should be mandated by law. Acceptance by the manufacturing and recycling industry is also needed, as the standards will only work when there is widespread adoption.”.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 30, 2023

demand for lithium-ion batteries with recycled metals and materials. Redwood Materials needs a lot of money to scale up its plans to supply U.S. On Tuesday, the startup founded by Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel got a big chunk of that funding, landing more than $1 billion in venture investment. …

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Charged

JULY 25, 2023

Now a similar gold rush appears to be gathering speed in the battery recycling field. The voluminous Inflation Reduction Act includes a clause that defines EV battery materials recycled in the US as American-made, regardless of their origin—so EVs made with US-recycled battery materials should be eligible for the IRA’s purchase incentives.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tapping its expertise in copper refining, Sumitomo says it can cheaply extract copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium from used EV batteries by crushing them, heating the resulting powder to specific temperatures, and adjusting oxygen levels. EV-related demand has sent prices for these materials surging. Source: Nikkei Asia.

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Charged

APRIL 18, 2023

Battery recycling company Cirba Solutions has announced a Phase I investment of at least $300 million in a new battery recycling facility to be built near Columbia, South Carolina. It will extract such materials as nickel, cobalt and lithium in quantities sufficient to support production of 500,000 EV batteries annually.

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Charged

AUGUST 3, 2021

TES, a provider of sustainable technology lifecycle services, has taken over a recycling facility at the Port Of Rotterdam , Europe’s largest seaport, from Battery Recycling Services Netherlands. TES plans to focus the facility on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The TES project in Rotterdam is exactly that.

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Charged

AUGUST 14, 2023

Toronto-based battery recycling company Li-Cycle has begun operation of the first main processing line at its new Spoke recycling facility in Magdeburg, Germany. The Spokes also produce black mass, an intermediate product that contains lithium, nickel and cobalt. The second main line is expected to begin running later this year.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Volkswagen has opened its first EV battery recycling facility to recover raw materials such as lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt in a closed loop, together with aluminum, copper and plastics, achieving a recycling rate of more than 90% over the long term. Source: Volkswagen.

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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. However, in the near term, the primary source of recyclable battery material will be scrap material from battery production, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence ’s latest Recycling Report.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

German battery manufacturer AKASOL is has partnered with the Fraunhofer Research Institution to develop automated recycling processes for battery packs. In order to cover the increased demand for raw materials, it is necessary to promote their recovery from used batteries and to gradually increase the recovery rates. “In

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

Those high oil prices caused a recession, which reduced demand, which reduced prices. Thus, new supplies may come online even as demand softens. Eventually demand recovers, but new supply stagnates. But will lithium follow that same trend? The continued demand for EVs continues to drive the battery-production market.

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Charged

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Li-Cycle ( profiled in our July/August 2020 issue ) uses a hub-and-spoke model for its recycling process. The Hub will transform that black mass into critical battery grade materials to be returned back to the lithium-ion battery supply chain. LG Chem and LGES together will make a $50-million equity investment in Li-Cycle. “We

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Plastics recycling, especially for mixed and contaminated plastics, remains a major pollution concern. At the same time but seemingly unrelatedly, we need more plentiful and sustainable sources of graphene (useful for everything from solar cells to battery storage) and graphite (a key component of lithium-ion batteries).

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Charged

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling venture founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has signed an agreement to recycle scrap and defective battery cells for Envision AESC, which manufactures batteries for the Nissan LEAF in Smyrna, Tennessee. million tons of lithium, 1.5

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Li-Cycle has announced plans to build a fourth commercial battery recycling facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Li-Cycle’s new facility will have an initial capacity of up to 5,000 tons of battery manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries per year, bringing its total North American recycling capacity to 25,000 tons per year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Miner says funds will go towards feasibility studies for its flagship Trealour hard rock lithium mining project and further prospecting in Cornwall. Demand for lithium, a key component of EV batteries, is set to grow rapidly as the UK and other countries work on their plans to phase out petrol and diesel cars. per share.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

These purified metals can be recycled indefinitely back into multiple supply chains. Sebastien Farnaud, Professor of Bio-innovation and Enterprise, said: “Most of the world’s lithium lies under the Atacama Desert in South America, where mining threatens local people and ecosystems. Find out more about the research here.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Fortum has launched Fortum Batterie Recycling GmbH in Germany to provide safe and sustainable electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling in central Europe in the hope of bridging the raw materials gap the automotive industry is facing. Fortum’s battery recycling.

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Charged

MARCH 19, 2021

As global demand for EVs increases, many are questioning the adequacy of the existing battery supply chain. Nicholson says 97% of current EV demand is supplied by battery firms from China, Japan and South Korea. Further upstream, the raw materials for cells, especially lithium, nickel and cobalt, present another set of problems.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Digital transparency company Everledger has launched what they tout as a world-first battery passport pilot with automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company to ensure responsible recycling of EV batteries. It is not only large auto manufacturers that can benefit from improved lifecycle management and verified claims of recycling.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The demand for electric vehicles has never been higher. But the limited availability of raw materials used to manufacture lithium-ion batteries -- the primary power source for electric vehicles -- complicates the transition. Researchers and investors alike believe lithium-ion battery recycling is poised to make a big jump.

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Charged

JUNE 29, 2023

They are designed to ensure that the soaring demand (the EU is expected to have some 30 million EVs by 2030) is met by greener batteries with lower emissions, produced using recycled materials. Battery recycling targets on the consumer side will also be raised. ” Sources: Reuters , GreenBiz

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Charged

MARCH 17, 2021

Heritage has launched a new division, Heritage Battery Recycling (HBR), to address the growing market demand for safe, sustainable solutions for lithium-ion batteries at the ends of their lives. In collaboration with Romeo Power , HBR will develop a battery reuse and recycling facility in the southwestern US.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act , battery-makers are scrambling to develop North American sources of key battery materials, including nickel, cobalt and lithium. Part of the demand is expected to be met by recycling, which could reduce the need for new mines. Redwood also recycles batteries from consumer electronics.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle will invest over $175 million dollars in a lithium-ion battery recycling “Hub” at Eastman Business Park in upstate New York. The new facility will work in conjunction with Li-Cycle’s “Spoke” facility, which is already located at the Rochester site. steel and plastics).

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Charged

JANUARY 3, 2023

Nth Cycle , a metals processing and recycling technology company, has been awarded a $2.15-million million grant from the DOE under the Battery Materials and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Funding Opportunity (BMBMR) program. . The DOE’s BMBMR program will help us and others accelerate those efforts.”

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 5, 2020

Eos Energy Storage spent 12 years building up a technology it says can rival the dominant lithium-ion batteries for storing grid power. Betting on growth in battery deployments is a solid proposition, but Eos occupies the riskier category of challengers to the dominant lithium-ion technology. energy storage deployments.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Start-up picks North East as location for its plant as Business Secretary travels to region to visit site of planned lithium refinery plant. UK clean technology start-up Altilium has announced plans to build the "largest planned recycling facility" in the UK for end-of-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries at a site on Teesside.

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

That trend is the motivation for a "significant strategic investment" this week — the amount isn’t being disclosed — by investment firm Closed Loop Partners in ERI, the largest IT recycling and refurbishment company in the United States. . percent of electronics are collected, refurbished or recycled worldwide. For comparison, the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Wood Mackenzie's Global Energy Storage Outlook forecasts nearly 1 TWh of total demand from 2021-2030, with the U.S. Meanwhile, global lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity is expected to double in the next two years-- Asia Pacific accounted for 81% of the growth in global capacity in 2020. and China dominating the market.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Governments and industry in the United Kingdom must develop a recycling infrastructure for EV batteries, according to a new study led by the University of Birmingham. The demand for Li-ion batteries continues to grow. Landfill is clearly not an option for this amount of waste.

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Business Green

APRIL 17, 2020

Honda Motor Europe expands partnership with SNAM to recycle end-of-life batteries from hybrids and electric vehicles. Meanwhile, batteries that are not suitable for reuse will be recycled so that cobalt, lithium, and other valuable materials can be extracted and reused in new batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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