Quick takeaways

• Regenerative Electro-Hydrometallurgy replaces traditional battery recycling methods and uses clean, cheap, renewable electricity, resulting in high recovery rates of critical battery minerals with minimal waste.

• Aqua Metals aims to scale up its operations and produce 35,000 tons of recycled battery materials, offering a net-zero carbon footprint and meeting the increasing demand for clean and sustainable materials in various industries.

• The new battery recycling process reduces CO2 emissions, minimizes the need for chemicals, and produces valuable metals like cobalt, lithium, and nickel, while also exploring emerging chemistries and upcycling non-battery-grade carbon into high-value materials.

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