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Tom Tsogt List of companies involved in battery recycling 2021 AVEVAI PTE LTD

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1 Germany ACCUREC-Recycling GmbH (initiated by NIREC Recycling GmbH) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Cu, Fe, Ni, Co, Al, plastic / 6000 tpa www.accurec.de
2 Finland AkkuSer Oy ** ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Co, black mass www.akkuser.fi
3 USA American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) ✔ Co, Cu, Mn, Li www.americanbatterytechnology.com
4 Canada American Manganese Inc / RecycLiCo Co. Li, Ni, Mn, Al www.americanmanganeseinc.com
5 USA Aqua Metals Inc ✔ AquaRefining, ULABs www.aquametals.com
6 Slovenia ASEKOL SK s.r.o. 2021 ✔ 3.045 collection points www.asekol.sk
7 Switzerland Batrec Industrie AG ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Mercury www.batrec.ch
8 Norway Batteriretur - Reneos ✔ 20,000 collection points www.batteriretur.no
9 USA Battery Resourcers Inc ** ✔ ✔ NMC hydroxide, Li www.batteryresourcers.com
10 USA Battery Solutions LLC ✔ ✔ ✔ End-of-life battery sorting www.batterysolutions.com
11 Belgium Bebat VZW (merger Bebat and Recybat) - Reneos ✔ 23.908 collection points www.bebat.be
12 USA BRME - Battery Recycling Made Easy LLC ✔ Ni-Cd www.batteryrecyclingmadeeasy.com
13 China Brunp (subs of CATL) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ni, Co ,Mn, Li / ~30.000-50.000 tpa www.catl.com/en/solution/recycling
14 Canada Call2Recycle Inc ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ End-of-life battery recycling management www.call2recycle.org
15 Germany Chemetall (parent BASF) ✔ ✔ Cu, Co, Ni, Li (small scale) www.chemetall.com
16 Switzerland Citron (closed on December 2010) * ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ No data No website
17 USA Clarios / Varta (subs of Brookfield Business Partners) ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, ULABs www.clarios.com
18 USA Clean Earth (former AERC Recycling Solutions) ✔ No data www.cleanearthinc.com
19 Italy Cobat Ripa (subs of Cobat) - Reneos ✔ Battery, WEEE, tires collection only www.cobat.it
20 Germany DK Recycling and Roheisen GmbH ✔ No data www.dk-duisburg.de
21 Japan Dowa Eco- System / Meltec Ltd (part of Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Cu, Co, Ni / 1000 tpa www.ir.dowa.co.jp
22 Germany Duesenfeld GmbH (partner of BMW) ** ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Co, Ni, Fe, Cu, Al / 3.000 pta www.duesenfeld.com
23 UK Ecobat Logistics (aka G&P Batteries) ✔ ✔ ✔ Battery collection only www.ecobat-logistics.com
24 Czech Republic ECOBAT s.r.o. ✔ 20.000 collection points www.ecobat.cz
25 Australia Ecobatt (part of Recycal group) - ecocycle.com.au ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Mercury recycler, battery processor, ULAB www.ecobatt.net
26 Malaysia EcoNiLi Battery (part of Taisen Recycling Company China) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ni, Mn, Co, Al, WEEE www.econilib2b.com
27 Spain Ecopilas ✔ 44.612 collection points www.ecopilas.es
28 Australia Ecycle Solutions (part of QLS Group) ✔ WEEE, 300+ collection centres www.ecyclesolutions.net.au
29 France EDI - Euro Dieuze Industrie / Veolia (subs of SARP Industries) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Co, Cu NFM / ~5.000-6.000 tpa www.sarpi.veolia.com
30 Portugal Electrão ✔ WEEE, 3.500 collection points www.electrao.pt
31 Poland ENERIS Recupyl Sp. z o. o ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ No data www.eneris.pl
32 Spain Envirobat ✔ ✔ Zn, Mn www.envirobatespana.com
33 Australia Envirostream Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Lithium Australia ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ MMD, collection www.envirostream.com.au
34 France Eramet Group ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Co, Ni, Fe, Cu, Al www.eramet.com
35 France Erasteel aka Valdi (AFE Group) acquired by Eramet ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ni, Co, Mo, Tungsten, Vanadium, NFM, other www.erasteel.com
36 Germany Erlos Produktion und Montagen GmbH (part of Weck+Poller Holding GmbH) **** ✔ ✔ LIB, platic www.wphgroup.de
37 USA Exide Technologies (acquired by Atlas Holdings) ✔ ULABs, US factroy closed in 2020 www.exide.com
38 Finland Fortum Corporation (aka Crisolteq) ✔ ✔ Li, Co, Ni, Mn www.fortum.com
39 Japan FourR - 4R Energy Corp (Nissan/Sumitomo) ✔ Refabricate, Recycle, Resell and Reuse www.4r-energy.com
40 China Ganzhou Highpower (part of Highpower International Inc) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10.000 tpa www.highpowertech.com
41 China GEM Co., Ltd ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Cu, Al, Fe, Co, Ni / ~5.000-10.000 tpa www.gemchina.com
42 Switzerland Glencore PLC / Xstrata ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Battery collection only in EU - export to Canada www.glencore.com
43 Singapore Green Li-ion Pte Ltd ** ✔ ✔ ✔ Li www.greenli-ion.com
44 Germany GRS Batteries Foundation - Reneos ✔ 15.000 collection points www.grs-batterien.de
45 Japan GS Yuasa International Ltd ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Plastic www.gsyuasa-es.com
46 China Guangdong Guanghua Sci-Tech Co., Ltd. ✔ ✔ ✔ LIB, Co, Ni, Mn / ~10.000 tpa www.ghtech.com
47 UK H.Ripley & Co (JV with uRecycle) ✔ ✔ ✔ WEEE, tire, cable, Nickel, Cobalt, Graphite, Copper and Alumini www.hripley.co.uk
48 Japan Honda Motor / Japan Metals & Chemicals / Matsuda Sangyo ✔ No data www.honda.com
49 China Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd (part of Huayou Recycling Technology) ✔ ✔ ✔ Co, Ni / ~65.000 tpa www.en.huayou.com
50 Norway Hydrovolt AS (JV with Nothvolt) ** ✔ Li, Mn, Co / 8.000 tpa (target) www.hydrovolt.com
51 UK Impact solutions ✔ Li, Co, Mn www.impact-solutions.co.uk
52 USA InMetco (American Zink Recycling) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ni, other valuable metals www.azr.com
53 Japan JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation (owned by JXTG Holdings, Inc.) *** ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 600 tpa from WEEE, Co www.nmm.jx-group.co.jp
54 South Korea Kobar Ltd (KB Corporation) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Fe, Ni, Cd, Co / 2.100 tpa total www.kobar.co.kr
55 South Korea Korea Zinc ✔ ✔ Zn, Pb, Cd, Fe, Sn, Cu, Al www.koreazinc.co.kr
56 Japan Kyoei Industrial Co. Ltd (part of Kyoei Seiko Co., Ltd) ✔ ✔ Ni, Co, Cu www.kyoei-seiko.co.jp
57 Germany Lars Walch GmbH & Co. KG ✔ Li, Nd, Fe, magnets, RE, scrap, wind turbine www.walch-recycling.de
58 UK LiBatt Recycling Ltd (part of Recyclus Group) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ WEEE www.libattrecycling.com
59 Canada Li-Cycle Corp. ** ✔ Li, Ni, Mn, Co www.li-cycle.com
60 UK Lincoln Storm Ltd (aka ReCoNi ltd) ✔ Ni,Co,Li,Mn / 8000 tpa www.lincolnstorm.com
61 USA Linico Corporation (acquired by Comstock Mining) ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Co, Ni Mn, Spent LIBs, Co-precipitation method www.linicocorp.com
62 Canada Lithion Recycling ** Upcoming in 2022 www.lithionrecycling.com
63 Netherlands Lithium Safety Solutions (former Battery Safety Solutions) ✔ ✔ LIB www.lithiumsafetysolutions.com
64 India Lohum ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Co, Ni, Mn, Graphite, RE www.lohum.com
65 Austria Neometals Ltd ✔ ✔ Li, Co, Ni, Cu, Fe, Au, Graphite, Mn, plastic www.neometals.com.au
66 Germany Nickelhütte Aue GmbH ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ni, Cu, Co, Zn, Mo / 7000 tpa www.nickelhuette.com
67 Japan Nippon Recycle Center Corp ✔ ✔ ✔ No data www.recycle21.co.jp
68 Germany NIREC Nickel - Recycling GmbH (related to ACCUREC-Recycling GmbH) * ✔ ✔ ✔ Ni, 1.000 tpa No website
69 Sweden NorthVolt Ett (by 2022) ** ✔ ✔ 50% recycled material by 2030 (target) / 25.000 tons www.northvolt.com
70 USA Nth Cycle Inc ✔ Electrochemical processing (on-site), RE, PM, LIB www.nthcycle.com
71 USA OnTo Technology LLC ✔ ✔ ✔ LIB www.onto-technology.com
72 Spain Pilagest * ✔ ✔ Manganese, graphite, plastic www.pilagest.cat
73 Germany Primobius GmbH *** ✔ ✔ ✔ Co, LIBs www.primobius.com
74 Germany PROMESA GmbH & Co. KG (subs of Verwertungs- und Vertriebsgesellschaft) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Co, Ni www.promesa-tec.de
75 Canada Raw Materials Company ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Zinc, Mn, Consumer batteries, plastic www.rawmaterials.com
76 Greece Re-Battery A.E. ✔ 8.170 collection points www.rebattery.gr
77 Germany Reco-e GmbH ✔ ✔ Co, Ni, Al, Fe, plastic, scrap www.reco-e.de
78 France Recupyl SAS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Mn, Co, Li, Ni, Al, Cu, Fe www.recupyl.fr
79 India Recyclers of ULAB & lead wastes/scraps (81 companies) ✔ ULAB and other / 329.000 tpa www.mpcb.gov.in
80 France Recylex Sa ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ULABs, Zinc, plastic www.recylex.eu
81 Spain Recypilas / Indumetal ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Lamps, NFM www.recypilas.com
82 Germany Redux GmbH (part of Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Fe, Al, Cu, Co, Ni, plastic / 10.000 pta www.redux-recycling.com
83 USA RedWood Materials (Tesla recycler) ** Li, Ni, Cu, Au, Ag, Co, Sn, Pd, Ta, Nd, ~20,000 tons www.redwoodmaterials.com
84 Belgium Reneos SCE (has network in EU) ✔ ✔ Li www.reneos.eu
85 Australia ReSource ✔ Cu cables, scrap metal, plastic www.re-source.net.au
86 USA Retriev Technologies (formerly Toxco, Inc.) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ LIB www.retrievtech.com
87 Belgium Revatech ✔ ✔ Zn, Pb, Cu, Ni, Sn, Co, Mo / 50.000 tpa www.revatech.be
88 UK RICARDO (aka AEA Technology) ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Co, R&D not industrial scale www.ricardo.com
89 Poland ROYAL BEES RECYCLING SP. Z O.O. ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ WEEE www.rbrecycling.pl
90 Sweden SAFT AB ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 2.000 tpa www.saftbatteries.com
91 USA Salesco System USA Inc. (Dissolved on 31 March 2008) * ✔ ✔ Mercury recovery No website
92 USA SMCC Recycling (SungEel MCC Americas LLC) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3,000 tons if LIBs, Co, Ni, Li, Cu www.smccrecycling.com
93 France SNAM (Societe Nouvelle d’Affinage des Metaux) *** ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Co, Ni, Cu, Al, Fe + Repurposing www.snam.com
94 Romania SNRB ✔ All kinds of batteries www.snrb.org
95 USA Spiers New Technology (NL) ✔ Repair, remanufacturing, refurbishing, repurposing www.spiersnewtechnologies.com
96 Netherlands Stibat - Reneos ✔ 23.907 collection points www.stibat.nl
97 Japan Sumitomo Metals Mining Company ✔ No data www.smm.co.jp
98 South Korea SungEel HiTech Co.,Ltd ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ WEEE, Co, Ni, Mn, Li / 8000 tpa www.sungeelht.com
99 China Tele Battery Recycle Technology Co.,Ltd. *** ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Co, Li, Fe, LIB / 3.000 tpa / 32.130 collection points www.en.telerecycle.com
100 Singapore TES B ✔ 60,000 tonnes of WEEE and Li, Co www.tes-amm.com
101 USA The Doe Run Company ✔ ✔ ULABs, plastic www.doerun.com
102 Japan Toho Zinc ✔ ✔ ✔ No data www.toho-zinc.co.jp
103 Belgium Umicore Recycling Solutions (AZUR SPACE) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Co, Ni, Cu, RE / 7000 tpa www.umicore.com
104 Finland uRecycle (related to H.Ripley & Co) * ✔ ✔ Black mass No website
105 Spain UTE VILOMARA II ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Lamps www.utevilomara.cat/en
106 Netherlands Van Peperzeel ✔ ✔ NFM www.peperzeel.nl
107 France Veolia Environnement SA ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Li, Ni, Fe www.veolia.com
108 Germany Volkswagen Group Components *** ✔ ✔ Ni, Co, Li, Mn / 1.200 tpa www.volkswagenag.com
109 UK WasteCare Ltd ✔ ✔ Battery collection only www.wastecare.co.uk
110 Ireland WEEE Ireland ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6.000 collection points www.weeeireland.ie

**** Lab-scale | *** Pilot-scale | ** Startups | * Not active Compiled by Tom Tsogt
ULAB - Used Lead Acid Battery | WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment | MMD - Mixed Metal Dust | PM - Precious Metals | NFM - Non-Ferrous Metals | LIB - Lithium-ion Battery

Last update: 20-06-21