CEO to chair roundtable for launch of Critical Minerals Collaboration

Altilium, a UK-based clean technology group focused on supporting the transition to net zero, is proud to announce its participation in this week’s historic UK Government trade mission to India, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The 125-strong delegation marks the largest ever government trade mission to India.

During the two-day visit, Altilium CEO Kamran Mahdavi will chair a high-level roundtable discussion in Mumbai for the launch of the flagship UK-India Critical Minerals and Downstream Collaboration Guild. The event, hosted by Peter Kyle MP, the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, will bring together 20 leading businesses and research institutes with the aim of driving cross-border joint ventures in critical minerals processing, battery recycling and rare earth production.

Altilium’s participation underscores its commitment to building resilient and sustainable supply chains for critical minerals essential to the clean energy transition. Through its advanced recycling and refining technology, the company is pioneering the recovery of battery-grade critical materials from end-of-life EV batteries and manufacturing scrap, reducing the UK’s reliance on single-source suppliers and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

The roundtable discussion, co-chaired with Dr Debashish Bhattacharjee, Professor of Practice at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, will explore collaboration across the critical minerals landscape and aims to set out a roadmap towards building a robust UK-India battery value chain.

Kamran Mahdavi, Altilium CEO, commented: “We are honoured to join this landmark trade mission to India and to contribute to the launch of the UK-India Critical Minerals Collaboration. Partnerships like this are vital to securing the resources and technologies needed to achieve both countries’ ambitious net zero goals. By sharing innovation and expertise between our nations, we can accelerate the development of secure and sustainable critical mineral supply chains that will power the next generation of clean technologies.”

Critical minerals, such as lithium, nickel and cobalt, are vital not only for the clean energy transition but for economic growth and national security. Recognising their strategic importance, both the UK and Indian governments have prioritised the development of resilient supply chains and technology partnerships through the launch last year of the UK-India Technology Security Initiative (TSI).

As the only UK company recovering battery ready cathode and anode materials from battery waste at pilot scale, Altilium is leading the charge to build a circular economy for EV batteries and supporting global efforts to decarbonise supply chains for the automotive sector. The company’s proprietary EcoCathode™ process can recover over 95% of the cathode metals from battery waste, ready for direct reuse in new batteries – with up to 74% lower GHG emissions compared to mined materials and 20% lower costs. By 2040, a UK battery recycling industry could supply half of the critical minerals needed for domestic EV production, strengthening national energy security and industrial resilience. Altilium’s cutting-edge ACT 2 pilot plant will begin full operations in Plymouth later this year while construction is underway on its first-of-a-kind (FOAK) commercial-scale ACT3 plant, also in Plymouth. The £38 million facility will process 24,000 EV batteries annually, creating 70 new clean tech jobs for the region. Site selection is also underway for the company’s ACT4 industrial-scale battery recycling facility. The flagship site will recycle battery waste equivalent to 150,000 EVs annually, recovering 30,000 tonnes of cathode active materials (CAM), enough to meet 25% of the UK’s projected demand by 2030.