Metals group BASF has begun commissioning on what it claimed is the first combined battery cathode materials production and recycling plant, in Germany.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will commit US$192 million in funding towards advancing battery recycling technologies.

LFP batteries from CATL and Narada are among those ranked highest performance for stationary energy storage in DNV’s new ‘Battery Scorecard’.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has invested US$10 million in battery materials company Nano One, a few weeks after Nano One acquired the lithium iron phosphate cathode business of Johnson Matthey.

Ascend Elements will recycle manufacturing scrap from SK Innovation’s lithium battery gigafactories in Georgia, US.