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Appointment of Consultant Company Hatch for the Commercial and Engineering Study for the Retrofit of the MEDET Hydrometallurgical Plant for the processing of Lithium-ion Battery Waste
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[...]
Altilium Metals Greentech Startup Altiltech has been awarded £500,000 from UK National Government (SMART Innovate Award) and UK Local Government (Green Innovation Fund) to further develop it’s novel technology for recycling of end-of-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries
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.[...]
As part of it’s engineering studies for processing end-of-life electric vehicle batteries at it’s Medet Hydrometallurgical Plant in Europe, a potential net savings of 2.5 kg CO2 per kg of battery recycled has been identified, which is a carbon saving of 50,000 MT per year
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[...]
Memorandum of Understanding signing for supply of 10,000 MT per year of end-of-life electric vehicle battery “black mass” as feedstock to Altilium Metals first recycling plant in Europe
Once an Electric Vehicle battery reaches the end of its useful life, the battery pack can be collected, dismantled, and shredded. The shredded material is then processed[...]
Altilium Metals receives Third party verification from The University of Plymouth, UK that it’s Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Process is fit for purpose commercially and can recovery over 95% of critical metals Nickel, Cobalt and Manganese from a typical spent cathode
The University of Plymouth is a leading UK University and is ranked among world’s top 25 in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. It has verified independently[...]
Altilium Metals has commenced commercial and engineering studies for processing of end-of-life consumer electronic and electric vehicle batteries at its Medet SX-EW Plant in Europe
Altilium Metals holds a multiyear concession agreement to extract minerals from Medet tailings and a Solvent Extraction-Electro Winning Plant (SX-EW) in the Pirdop region of Bulgaria. It[...]
Daily Telegraph, UK article on Altilium Metals plans for scale up of its recycling technology to extract lithium and critical metals from end-of-life electric vehicle batteries
Failure to recycle dead car batteries could cancel out benefits of electric vehicles. Major recycling plant to open in Plymouth amid fears environmental gains could be lost.[...]
