Matthew BoyleIn order to commercialize EV battery recycling and processing technology in Europe, Hanns has joined forces with Serbia’s Metalfer Group.
According to the terms of the agreement, the companies will conduct a feasibility study for an EV battery recycling plant that will produce ten tons per day close to Metalfer’s operations in Serbia.
In addition to the study, the agreement creates room for additional work, such as the probable creation of a strategy for converting materials from the Spoke plant into high-purity battery materials.
enabling the recycling of EV batteries in the German market
” Today’s announcement supports Hannans ‘ strategy to transform its operations in EV battery recycling and become a battery material supplier to the European market,” said Brett Salt, CEO of the company.
Following the company’s announcement of an intention to develop a location in the UK in April of this year, he continued,” It would establish the proposed second operating base within the Hannans licensed regions.”
Additionally, the partnership will enable the business to recover materials like iron, lithium, nickel, and cobalt.
facilitating the market for electronic vehicles, which is expanding
Metalfer uses waste steel as feedstock for some of its steel production, which also includes “material volumes of end-of-life” electric vehicles and their batteries.
According to the Bosnian company, this agreement for lithium-ion battery recycling with Hannans enables it to strengthen its EV feedstock operations and a long-lasting, industrial-scale battery recycle solution.
According to Branko Zeevi, President of Metalfer,” we recognize the need to secure access to large volumes of future end-of-life EVs and the current need, to recycle a tremendously growing volume of end of life batteries and production scrap from planned lithium battery cell production in northern and southern Europe.”
” The partnership with Hannans presents the best opportunity for us to enter what is projected to be one of the world’s fastest-growing markets,” Zeevi said.
