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【Anhui Yuyuan's EV Lithium Battery Recycling Project Receives EIA Approval, Annual Capacity of 12,500 Tonnes of Spent Battery Packs】Chuzhou Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau has approved the environmental impact report for Anhui Yuyuan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.'s power lithium-ion battery recycling project. With a total investment of CNY 200 million, the project will procure production equipment including power lithium-ion battery dismantling lines, testing lines, and physical crushing lines. Upon completion, it will process 12,500 tonnes of spent lithium battery packs and 6,000 tonnes of waste electrode sheets annually, producing intermediate materials such as black mass and copper-aluminum granules for downstream material smelting enterprises. The project entity was established in December 2025, with business scope covering resource recycling technology R&D, electronic specialty materials manufacturing, and battery manufacturing and sales.

【Lixian Haichuang's Spent Lithium Battery Recycling Project Enters Pre-Approval Disclosure, Annual Processing Capacity of 30,000 Tonnes】Changde Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau has initiated a pre-approval public disclosure for Lixian Haichuang Circular Technology Co., Ltd.'s spent lithium battery resource recycling project. With a total investment of CNY 30 million, the project will construct three production lines — spent lithium battery processing, cathode sheet processing, and anode sheet processing — achieving an annual processing capacity of 10,000 tonnes of spent lithium batteries and 20,000 tonnes of electrode sheets upon completion. The project entity was established in May 2025; its parent company is Anhui Haichuang Circular Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Conch Venture Holdings, which is expanding its spent lithium battery recycling operations nationwide.

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