American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), an integrated critical battery materials company commercializing its technologies for primary battery minerals manufacturing and secondary minerals lithium-ion battery recycling, has achieved a significant milestone. It has more than doubled production of recycled battery materials at its commercial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling facility in the quarter ending March 31st, 2025, as compared to the previous quarter.
The company has significantly improved its production processes, moving from a commissioning phase to 24/7 operations. Key milestones include sourcing recurring shipments of large-scale batteries from strategic automotive OEMs, producing and selling commercial quantities of low-impurity intermediate black mass material, and selling numerous recycled byproducts.
This milestone is particularly relevant as global electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues to grow, driving a parallel rise in the volume of end-of-life batteries entering the recycling stream. The ability to recover critical materials such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt from spent EV batteries is essential to meeting future demand and reducing reliance on virgin raw materials.
The production of intermediate black mass that demonstrates industry-defined low-impurity levels has resulted in favorable selling costs and will be a significant advantage as ABTC moves into processing its intermediate black mass in its internal chemical extraction train to produce high-purity critical battery metals.
The company plans to continue to enhance production quality and further scale operations of its facility, targeting even greater efficiencies and sustainable practices. With these innovations, the company continues to produce high-quality black mass, paving the way for implementation and integration of the company’s second phase chemical extraction train of its recycling process.
The ABTC recycling facility utilizes first-of-kind integrated technologies based on a strategic de-manufacturing process combined with targeted selective hydrometallurgical methods. This approach makes the system feedstock-agnostic, capable of processing various lithium-ion battery sizes, shapes, and chemistries. The first phase of this process produces recycled materials such as copper, aluminum, steel, lithium intermediate, and black mass, while the second phase will further refine these materials into battery-grade nickel sulfate, cobalt sulfate, manganese sulfate, and lithium hydroxide.
ABTC’s continued recycling facility production ramp up coincides with the global urgent need for lithium-ion battery recyclers. With global electric vehicle (EV) sales increasing by 50% year-over-year and reaching 1.2 million units in February 2025 (Rho Motion), coupled with a “retirement wave” of early EV batteries growing at an estimated annual rate of 43% (Deloitte), the demand for recycling lithium-ion batteries is set to surge.
ABTC’s innovative recycling technologies are positioned to address these market needs efficiently, reducing reliance on imported critical materials while supporting a more sustainable and circular supply chain. With continued enhancements at its facility, ABTC is poised to lead the charge in sustainable battery materials manufacturing for domestic and global strategic customers.
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