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American Battery Technology Company
Works to develop primary mineral resources for use in batteries that power electric vehicles, consumer electronics, grid storage applications, and tools. It does this by promoting environmentally friendly and morally upright sourcing of necessary battery materials through lithium-ion battery recycling, battery metal extraction technologies, and primary mineral resource development.
URL: https://americanbatterytechnology.com/
Locations: North America
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East Penn Manufacturing
Family-owned business that runs one of the biggest single-site manufacturing plants for lead-acid batteries and accessories. They also have numerous activities, buildings, and clients all over the world in addition to a sizable distribution network across North America. More than 515 different battery types for automobiles, boats, motorcycles, forklifts, and other vehicles are developed and produced by East Penn using the principles of a circular economy.
URL: https://www.eastpennmanufacturing.com/
Locations: North America
Recycling of Chemistries: Lead Acid
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Ecobat, LLC
One of the largest battery recyclers in the world, satisfies critical energy storage demands by making the battery industry safer and more environmentally friendly for a circular energy economy. The company uses cutting-edge technology and its extensive network of facilities and service partners to create new products that satisfy the expanding market demand for more dependable and efficient energy storage solutions.
URL: https://ecobat.com/
Locations: North America
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Exide Industries Limited
Provides a large selection of lead acid storage batteries, with capacities ranging from 2.5Ah to 20,600Ah to support a broad range of applications. The company produces batteries for the infrastructure, automotive, power, defence, mining, computer, and telecom sectors.
URL: https://www.exideindustries.com/
Locations: Asia
Recycling of Chemistries: Lead Acid
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Ganfeng Lithium Group Co., Ltd
Engages in the extraction of lithium resources, processing of lithium salt, smelting of metallic lithium, production of lithium batteries, and battery recycling. The company’s major products are lithium batteries, lithium compounds, and metallic lithium.
URL: http://www.ganfenglithium.com/
Locations: Asia
Recycling of Chemistries: Lithium Ion
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Glencore plc
Multinational and diversified natural resource firm that produces, processes, sources, stores, refines, transports, finances, and supplies commodities globally. The company produces and markets a variety of mineral products. Operations of Glencore include processing, storage, and transportation of energy, agricultural products, metals, and minerals. Its network comprises of more than 90 offices spread over more than 50 nations.
URL: https://www.glencore.com/
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Li-Cycle Corporation
Recycles lithium-ion batteries. It is on a quest to use its trademark Spoke & Hub Technologies to create a secondary supply of vital battery components while offering a customer-centric end-of-life solution for lithium-ion batteries.
Locations: North America
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RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc.
Specialises in battery recycling and upcycling, created the RecycLiCo patented battery recycling method. The RecycLiCo process is a closed-loop, hydrometallurgical method that extracts lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese almost entirely from the waste of lithium-ion batteries. RecycLiCo produces useful lithium-ion battery materials from waste with little negative environmental effects
Locations: North America
Recycling of Chemistries: Lithium Ion
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Umicore
Market-leading provider of circular materials technology with deep knowledge in metallurgy, chemistry, and material science. The majority of Umicore’s revenue comes from clean technologies, such as catalysts for pollution control, components for rechargeable batteries, and recycling, which is also allocated a significant amount of the company’s research and development resources.
Locations: Europe
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