First Closed-Loop Metal-Recycling Technology Offers Sustainable Future for a Battery-Powered World

20 May 2023 | Abstracted from Sustainable Brands

"Aqua Metals' process obtains critical metals from spent, shredded lithium-ion batteries - also called "black mass." This material is run through a filter press, which removes graphite and any remnants of aluminum; then, the copper is electroplated.

"Lithium hydroxide is recovered directly with the patent-pending, closed-loop, electro-hydrometallurgical (metal-recovery) process"

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