About Black Mass Recovery Technology:
- It is designed to extract battery-grade lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries.
- Its dual-mode (wet and dry) black mass recovery technology ensures high separation efficiency and recovery rates of up to 97–99%.
- The end-to-end process, including collection, shredding, metal leaching, and downstream purification, is indigenously developed and patented, significantly reducing reliance on imported recycling equipment.
- Significance: It seeks to minimize import of critical minerals by recycling already available ones within the country.
- The recovered battery-grade compounds—such as lithium carbonate and cobalt sulphate—meet global specifications and will cater to both domestic consumption and exports.
What is Black Mass?
- It is the term used to describe the dark, granular material that remains after lithium-ion batteries are shredded during recycling.
- It contains a valuable mix of metals, including: Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel, Manganese and Graphite
- These materials are essential to the production of new batteries, especially for electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and electronics.
