This apprenticeship programme is being made possible with support from Devon County Council’s Green Innovation Fund and these new work-based learning experiences will create much-needed routes into the growth industry of lithium-ion battery recycling. In the past, apprenticeships were restricted to only some trades, and some parts of the economy. Creating more alternative career paths [...]

Dr Wickham brings a wealth of process engineering and project management expertise and recently spent 9 years as a Senior Scientist at Element Six Ltd (a De Beers company) Ben has a Masters Degree in Chemistry with 1st Class Honours and a Doctorate in Inorganic & Synthetic Chemistry University of Bath, UK. Recognized as a [...]

PT Stern is at the development and funding stage of a processing plant to produce manganese sulfate and other manganese cathode battery materials at a planned facility in Indonesia. PT Mandala Erakovic will deliver 2,000 to 4,000 metric tons of 50% Manganese ore per year commencing 2024 as sole supplier of feedstock to the plant [...]

This 18-month program will commence Q4 2022 and is in collaboration with KGS Pte Ltd, a Singapore general recycler and includes a feasibility study into commercial li-ion battery recycling in Singapore. This work builds on our existing activities in SE Asia and supports our vision to be a supplier of primary, mined and secondary, recycled [...]

Hatch are currently preparing a commercial and engineering study for the retrofit of the plant to recycle lithium-ion batteries as well as a green house gas analysis of the works. The purpose of the visit was to prepare the process flow and detailed equipment lists for the plant modification. The Hatch study will be completed [...]

As part of a strategy to establish a strategic portfolio of mining assets in Indonesia to provide security of supply and feedstock to a future processing plant of intermediate metal salts used in electric vehicle batteries, Altilium Metals is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding Heads of Agreement with PT. Karya Sarana [...]

With this new award of £223,097, Altilium Metals has reached a milestone of USD 1 million backing so far in 2022 from the UK Government to develop its battery recycling technology for at scale recovery of cathode metals. The Automotive Transformation Fund is delivered by the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) and partners, Innovate UK, the [...]

To complement the internal studies by Altilium Metals in the retrofit of its Solvent Extraction-Electrowinning (SX-EW) plant at its MEDET Copper tailings resource in Bulgaria, it has appointed Hatch to develop mass balances, process flows, detailed equipment lists, economic model, including OPEX and CAPEX as well as a green house gas analysis of the plant. [...]

Altilitech has developed a closed loop process with no direct carbon emission to recover critical and scarce metals lithium, nickel and cobalt for reuse in lithium-ion batteries. Recycling spent batteries reduces carbon emissions by 38% and material costs by 35% compared to virgin mining, lowering EV battery costs and increasing adoption of EVs. A UK [...]

Materials production is responsible for approximately half of the greenhouse gas emissions from battery production, and recycled materials typically have a lower carbon footprint than the same materials from virgin sources. For example, production of recycled aluminum creates approximately 95% less greenhouse gas emissions compared to producing aluminum from natural sources. The study has looked [...]