Commercialization of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Technology
First written in FY2018. 5 of 6 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2023.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of these activities, a bench-scale plant for recovering high-purity metal salts based on the hydrometallurgical process technology developed to date commenced operations in March 2023.」
Spent lithium-ion battery recycling progressed beyond domestic demonstration testing to the commissioning of a bench-scale plant for recovering high-purity metal salts at HVBatCycle in Germany. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, JX Metal Circular Solutions (Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture) commenced operations in October 2021 and is conducting a medium-scale demonstration test.」
Automotive LiB recycling progressed to the establishment and commissioning of a domestic site and a medium-scale demonstration test. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「We are currently modifying the process at the Tsuruga Plant to conduct a demonstration test of the high-purity metal salt recovery process developed at the bench-scale facility at the Technology Development Center (Hitachi). Construction is under way to complete the nickel sulfate recovery process by mid-2021 and the cobalt sulfate recovery process by mid-2022.」
Spent lithium-ion battery recycling moved into the implementation phase, involving plant modifications for demonstration testing and completion of the nickel sulfate and cobalt sulfate recovery processes. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「We installed and commissioned a demonstration test unit at the Hitachi Works to recover battery-grade metal salts from automotive lithium-ion batteries.」
Spent lithium-ion battery recycling progressed from technological development and business model studies to the installation and commissioning of a demonstration test unit for recovering battery-grade metal salts. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「Alongside advancing technological development toward commercialising the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries, we began examining the creation of business models in Japan and overseas, including collaboration with other companies.」
Spent lithium-ion battery recycling progressed from technological development to examining business models in Japan and overseas, including collaboration with other companies. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「At the Tsuruga Plant, we also promoted the development of technology to recover lithium, cobalt and other materials from spent lithium-ion batteries.」
With a view to the future adoption of EVs, we began developing technology to recover lithium, cobalt and other materials from spent lithium-ion batteries.