【Pre-Approval Announcement for a Spent Lithium Battery Comprehensive Recycling and Utilization Project in a Province】

Published: Feb 4, 2026 15:40

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Recently, the Administrative Committee of a high-tech industrial development zone in a city of a province released the pre-approval announcement for the planning adjustment of a spent lithium battery comprehensive recycling and utilization project. Located in a new materials recycling industrial park within the high-tech zone, the project will be implemented in two phases. Phase I involves building an annual recycling and utilization project for 20,000 tons of lithium battery waste powder. Phase II involves building a recycling and utilization project for 100,000 tons of spent lithium batteries unsuitable for cascaded use

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