RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc V.AMY

Ascend Elements' New Battery Recycling Plant

[EagleNest]

This company has a different recycling process called "Hydro-to-Cathode", which eliminates some steps involved in hydrometallurgical recycling. See the figure in the second link from the company's website.

Turner teams up on $1B EV battery recycling plant (ConstructionDive)

Patented Hydro-to-Cathode direct precursor synthesis process (Ascend Elements)

EagleNest

[Wojo1963]

Been watching Ascent for a couple of years (when they worked at WPI lab), I have been having a difficult time finding  independent verification of the claimed processes. Have you had better luck?

[EagleNest]

Hello Wojo1963 - there is a reference and link to a "peer-reviewed study" in an Apr 27, 2022 news release on Ascend's website, but the linked research paper doesn't mention Ascend directly. Still, Honda signed an agreement with Ascend to recycle their spent batteries, so one would assume the process has been sufficiently validated, even though the results may not be

[Wojo1963]

Yes I agree with you, I reviewed the reference article in Joule.  This article appears to be a major science project with about 20 partcipants providing thier input.  I would not call ths an indepentent verification of thier processes.  It could be like you said that Honda hired someone to perform a verification and did not want to make it public, but I can not see why they would

[kepiyal]

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[Legit62]

A private company one town from where i live, could be good investment if they go public