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Li-Cycle starts operations at its first European lithium-ion battery recycling facility

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Li-Cycle Holdings announced the start of commercial operations at its first Spoke recycling facility in Europe, located in Magdeburg, Germany. Each main line has the capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of lithium-ion battery material per year.

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Li-Cycle commercial lithium-ion battery recycling plant now operational in Rochester, NY

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Li-Cycle Corp., North America’s largest capacity lithium-ion battery recycling company, announced that its Spoke 2 facility at Eastman Business Park (EBP) in Rochester, New York is now fully operational. Li-Cycle says that its recycling services eliminate these inefficiencies without creating any waste as a byproduct.

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North America just got its first recycled Li-ion battery materials plant

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Green Li-ion has launched North America’s first commercial-scale plant to process unsorted battery waste, or “black mass,” from used lithium-ion batteries.

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Lyten introduces next generation Lithium-Sulfur battery for EVs; 3X energy density of Li-ion

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Lyten , an advanced materials company, introduced its LytCell EV lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery platform. The technology is optimized for the electric vehicle market and is designed to deliver three times (3X) the gravimetric energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries. No conflict minerals.

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Li-Cycle sets up its first US-based Li-ion battery recycling center in NY state

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Empire State Development (ESD) announced that Canada-based Li-Cycle Corporation will establish its first US-based Li-ion battery recycling facility in New York State. Li-Cycle expects to be fully operational at the facility later this year. The technology can do so with a recovery rate of 80 – 100% of all materials.

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DOE researchers suggest solid-state batteries may not be a safety slam-dunk; thermodynamic models evaluate solid-state and Li-ion safety

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Recent battery fires have renewed investigation of the safety of Li-ion batteries. While the safety benefits of this solid electrolyte replacement are widely acknowledged, the broader safety of Li-metal anode solid-state batteries with high energy density has not been critically examined. A paper on their work appears in Joule.

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New Flyer and Li-Cycle complete heavy-duty lithium-ion battery recycling pilot; 3,200 lbs of Li-ion batteries

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one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, announced the successful completion of a battery recycling pilot with North America’s largest lithium-ion battery recycler, Li- Cycle Corporation. The pilot is Li-Cycle’s first program in the heavy duty vehicle space. subsidiaries of NFI Group Inc., Earlier post.).

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