Electra study supports battery material recycling

Assorted footage of Electra’s North American Refinery Project in Colbalt, Ont. Electra Battery Materials has completed a feasibility-level engineering study for a modular battery recycling facility to be built near its cobalt sulphate refinery in northern Ontario. Aerial view of Electra Ontario Refinery An undated image of an aerial view of Electra Battery Materials’ Ontario refinery in Cobalt, Ont. (Supplied/Electra Battery Materials) The facility will use Electra's proprietary hydrometallurgical process to recover lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite from lithium-ion battery scrap and end-of-life batteries. The process was validated during a year-long pilot program treating black mass supplied by an…