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In a recent market study, the GRS Batterien Foundation warns of an economic strain in battery recycling. Despite a massive surge in demand in the EU—projected to reach up to...

The German chemical company BASF has entered into a partnership with German recycling company TSR Group to recycle electric vehicle batteries in Europe. The goal is to integrate processes along...

The U.S. battery recycler Ascend Elements has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company says its goal is to achieve long-term financial stability. This move comes amid ongoing liabilities...

As part of the SIB:DE consortium, the Aachen-based company Cylib is participating in the development of an industrial recycling process for sodium-ion batteries. Twenty-five partners from industry and research are...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research (IFAM) is developing an electrochemical process to recover critical raw materials from batteries. The focus is on lithium, cobalt, and...

The Munich-based battery recycler tozero has begun operations at an industrial demonstration plant for recovering critical raw materials from used batteries. Located at Chemical Park Gendorf, the facility was built...

Lithium carbonate recovered from used nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) batteries by Aachen-based “cylib” has been qualified as suitable for production of new electric vehicle batteries.

German company Accurec claims it has opened the first recycling plant in Europe capable of recovering lithium from all types of such batteries.

Finnish battery material producer Tracegrow has presented a solution for extracting battery-grade manganese based entirely on recycled raw materials sourced from within the EU.

US-based company Redwood Materials has started recovering various critical raw materials at its Berkeley County site in South Carolina.

With an eye on EU regulations and the planned battery passport, Ascend Elements from the US and GEM from China intend to collaborate on battery recycling in Europe.