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Ascend Elements has recycled used lithium-ion batteries for Honda since 2021. The new agreement is an important step toward creating a closed-loop supply chain for recycled battery materials – including lithium, nickel, and cobalt – leveraging the efficiencies and environmental benefits of Ascend Elements’ Hydro-to-Cathode direct precursor synthesis process. Ascend Elements’ products include recycled lithium, nickel, and cobalt, as well as sustainable cathode precursor and cathode active materials – all made from used lithium-ion batteries and manufacturing scrap.

Cirba Solutions has received a $50 million minority investment from the Marubeni Corporation. This investment will support Cirba Solutions’ effort to expand its footprint and help create a sustainable closed-loop battery materials supply chain.

With Marubeni’s global network and presence in the Asia-Pacific market with suppliers in the EV industry, this investment supports the need to provide more sustainable solutions for end-of-life batteries and manufacturing scrap that help reduce environmental impact while closing the supply gap of needed critical materials for electric vehicles.

The PowerLine 3000 is a top-of-the-line machine with impressive capabilities to manage virtually any material within the waste realm. Equipped with one of WEIMA’s largest rotors, this machine is designed to ensure optimal performance. Optional wearresistant features are available for the toughest of applications. Its working parts are integrated into the PLC controls, safeguarding against any harm caused by foreign objects.

The machine’s access doors are also integrated into the PLC controls for safer and simpler maintenance. In fact, the machine won’t function while the doors are open. To enhance safety measures, the machine’s hydraulic and electrical PowerPack is located externally, allowing for easier accessibility.

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Call2Recycle has released its annual battery collection data for 2022. In 2022, nearly 8 million pounds of batteries were collected for recycling in the U.S., including over 3 million pounds of lithium-ion batteries, the highest number of lithium-ion batteries collected in the program’s history.

Overall, U.S. battery collections dipped two percent from 2021. However, a 13 percent increase in lithium-ion battery collections drove an overall 4 percent growth in total rechargeable battery collections. In total, more than 5.6 million pounds of rechargeable batteries and over 2.3 million pounds of primary batteries were collected for recycling.

Aqua Metals has recovered high-purity lithium hydroxide from lithium-ion battery black mass at the company’s Li AquaRefining recycling facility.

The production and availability of recycled lithium hydroxide at scale will help close the supply chain loop for critical battery metals in the U.S., paving the way for a more sustainable, efficient battery manufacturing industry. The immediate recovery of lithium hydroxide also improves the economics of recycling advanced battery chemistries like lithium iron phosphate where lithium makes up most of the valuable material, unlike current nickel and cobalt-based batteries.

The company’s Li AquaRefining pilot facility is a closed-loop recycling system able to recover all the critical resources contained in spent lithium batteries using primarily electricity and without the furnaces or intensive chemical processes typical of battery recycling. Aqua Metals plans to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide directly from black mass using its regenerative electro-hydrometallurgy process.

Aqua Metals’ Li AquaRefining Pilot became operational in 2022, and Aqua Metals says that it is the first pilot-scale electro-hydrometallurgy battery recycling facility in North America. The pilot facility is designed to recover lithium hydroxide and manganese dioxide, as well as pure cobalt, nickel, and copper metals from spent lithium-ion batteries and provides the design basis for the company’s 10,000-ton-per-year lithium battery recycling campus planned for phased development starting later in 2023.