The use of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) in EV batteries has historically been favoured by Chinese manufacturers, but other OEMs have started to use LFP which is expected to take up 40% of the global battery market by 2030. LFP batteries are cobalt and nickel free, resulting in cheaper manufacturing costs. LFP batteries contain critical [...]

Altilium Metals upcycles old electric vehicle (NMC 111) and portable electronics (LCO) batteries to latest generation Nickel-rich Cathode Active Material (NMC 622) for testing at Imperial College under its Automotive Transformation Fund SURV scale up program.Imperial to compare the electrochemical performance of the recycled cathode materials with commercially manufactured cathodes made from mined raw materials. [...]

We are pleased to announce positive results for test work on our 100% controlled 2,200 ha copper rich waste dump, located in central Bulgaria. A detailed mineralogical and hydraulic characterisation of the flotation tailings was carried out to obtain additional data for the leaching process of copper recovery. The most significant outcomes from the study [...]

The Guardian came to visit our Battery Recycling Technology Centre and we showed them our approach to supply a domestic, sustainable anode and cathode raw material from old electric vehicle batteries. At our scale-up line we are the only company in the UK recovering technology metals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese required for [...]

Visit to the labs of Imperial College, London under our joint research program funded by the UK Government’s Automotive Transformation Fund to show batteries made under our recycling process perform just as well as cathodes from virgin raw materials. At our EV battery recycling demonstration line we are using advance material science techniques to reengineer [...]

We are delighted to announce that we signed a new contract with one of the world’s largest producer and marketer of nickel to supply circa 3,000 MT per year of MHP, with an additional pre-export finance package being finalised. All battery gigafactories need nickel for their products, with growing attention on Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate (MHP) [...]

The production of advanced lithium-ion cells starts with high quality materials. Cathode Active Material (CAM) and the precursor product (P-CAM) are key to electric vehicle battery performance, with P-CAM contributing to 30% of battery value. Lithium-ion battery performance with respect to charging and discharging depends greatly on the level of residual impurities and uniformity of [...]

Altilium Metals has signed an MOU with Volta for development of UK battery processing stations. Volta a subsidiary of conglomerate Envipro, is operating a number of li-ion battery recycling facilities in Japan. The new partnership will give Altilium Metals access to Volta's superior technology, tailored quality approach for feedstock delivery and access to an Asian [...]

Altilium Metals, the only company in the UK currently recycling end-of-life electric vehicle batteries and recovering critical metals such as lithium and cobalt at its Devon demonstration line, has appointed Wardell Armstrong as a consultant for the application of an additional EA permit for a pilot plant. A pilot plant, the next stage in the [...]

The European Critical Raw Materials Act and Net Zero Industry Act were announced by the European Commission this week signifying a positive step forward for European critical raw materials supply security and independence basis its transition to net zero and electrification of transport. The addition of copper to the Critical Minerals list will allow for [...]