Swedish company Northvolt combines mass production
Swedish company Northvolt combines mass production of battery cells with recycling. Under the management of former Tesla executive, Peter Carlsson, the company has created a program called [...]
South Korea plans new plant
South Korea is planning to build a new battery recycling plant at Younggwang, South Jeolla Province. Earthtech has invested US$20 million in the new recycling hub. The plant will recover [...]
Australian Battery recycling a major growth industry
Australian Battery recycling will be a major growth industry during the next decade. Unfortunately, issues are emerging with inadequate investment and poor safety procedures in some operations. [...]
E-scrap recycling research centre for Singapore
E-scrap recycling in Singapore is set to get a boost with the launch of a new research centre. Nanyang Technological University has invested nearly $15 million in the new centre, with the [...]
Recycled lithium batteries set for more use in automotive.
Recycled lithium batteries are being used in more automotive applications. In Germany used lithium batteries from Audi cars are being reused in forklift trucks in the car manufacturer’s factory. [...]
Testing lithium-ion in a new pilot plant
Testing lithium-ion battery materials in a new pilot plant has been a key focus recently for American Manganese (AM) in British Columbia. Certainly the new plant is part of an ambitious plan to [...]
Recycling specialist Wastecare on the acquisition trail
The Recycling specialist Wastecare has acquired the East Kent High Temperature Incinerator from Augean for US$4.5 million. The East Kent facility can process up to 10,000 tonnes of waste per [...]
Need for Battery Recycling
The growth of electric cars in the UK increases the need for battery recycling. Currently one in 12 car cars purchased in the UK are electric. As a result of the changed market many are now [...]
Audi and Umicore have joined forces
Audi and Umicore will join forces to successfully complete the first phase of a new project into battery recycling. Importantly, the new partnership will develop methods to extract key components [...]
Battery collection in the US exceeds expectations
2017 Battery collection in the US exceeds expectations according to North America’s leading battery recycling programme, Call2Recycle. A total of 8 million pounds of batteries were collected from [...]