Altilium has successfully delivered its second shipment of recycled cathode active material (CAM) to the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) for EV battery cell production and qualification.
In a UK first, high-nickel NMC 811 battery cells are being manufactured using CAM made from end-of-life EV batteries at the national battery scale-up facility. The Altilium EcoCathode™ NMC 811-2036 material, produced at the company’s ACT1 and ACT2 facilities in Devon, will undergo industrial scale cell production with final product validation by a leading automotive OEM.
With EU regulations requiring minimum levels of recycled lithium, nickel and cobalt  in new EV batteries from 2031, Altilium is supporting Automotive customers meet their regulatory as well as sustainability targets.

Altilium’s EcoCathode™ process recycles over 95% of cathode metals, including lithium and nickel from old EV batteries. These materials undergo upcycling to high nickel CAM, ensuring reuse in new batteries with 74% lower carbon and expected lower cost compared to virgin materials.
CAM is the most expensive component in an EV battery, as well as the most carbon intensive. By recovering these critical battery materials from end-of-life batteries and gigafactory scrap and upcycling to modern battery materials, Altilium is helping to decarbonise and onshore UK automotive supply chains.

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