【SMM analysis】 This week's new lithium battery recycling program(6.26-6.30)

SMM June 30 News:

News 1: [2k-ton Waste Li-ion Battery Recycling Project Launched in Changsha, Hunan] Recently, the ecological environment authority released the public notice on the draft EIA report for the waste power battery recycling and resource utilization project (Phase I). The project involves a total investment of RMB 30 million, located in Ningxiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Changsha, Hunan. It consists of one dismantling and pyrolysis production line for waste LIBs and separators. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual processing capacity of 10,000 tons of waste LIBs and separators, yielding 4,100 tons of lithium battery black mass and 2,590 tons of copper/aluminum materials per year.

News 2: [20k-ton Waste New Energy Li-ion Battery Recycling Project Launched in Jieshou, Anhui] Recently, the local government released the first public announcement on EIA for the project of recycling 20,000 tons of waste new energy LIBs and producing 30,000 tons of recycled plastic products annually. The project involves a total investment of RMB 100 million, located in Tianying Science and Technology Park, Jieshou High-tech Zone. It consists of two waste LIB crushing production lines, four plastic pellet production lines, and four plastic product production lines. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual processing capacity of 20,000 tons of waste new energy LIBs, and an annual output of 20,000 tons of modified plastic pellets and 10,000 tons of plastic products.

News 3: [80k-ton Waste Li-ion Battery Dismantling and Comprehensive Utilization Project Launched in Gao County, Sichuan] Recently, the local government released the public notice on the draft EIA report for the 80,000-ton waste LIB dismantling and comprehensive utilization project. The project involves a total investment of RMB 300 million, located in Yibin Circular Economy Industrial Park, Gao County. It consists of 10 battery dismantling and crushing production lines, including three LFP battery crushing lines, two NCM battery crushing lines, two LFP cathode sheet processing lines, two LFP anode sheet processing lines, and one battery cascade utilization line. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual dismantling and comprehensive utilization capacity of 80,000 tons of waste LIBs.

News 4: [300k-ton Waste LFP Battery Regeneration Project Launched in Yichang, Hubei] Recently, the ecological environment authority released the public notice on the draft EIA report for the 300,000-ton waste LFP battery regeneration project. The project involves a total investment of approx. RMB 1.07 billion, located in Yaojiagang Chemical Park, Yichang, Hubei. It consists of hydrometallurgical leaching, impurity removal, lithium salt synthesis, iron phosphate synthesis, and supporting water treatment, warehousing and logistics systems. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual processing capacity of 300,000 tons of waste LFP battery packs, yielding 22,500 tons of lithium carbonate, 90,000 tons of iron phosphate, and 64,000 tons of sodium sulfate per year.

News 5: [20k-ton Waste Power Battery Crushing and 50k-group Cascade Utilization Project Launched in Kashgar, Xinjiang] Recently, the ecological environment industry association released the first public announcement on EIA for the integrated project of cascade utilization and crushing & recycling of new energy vehicle waste power batteries in Kashgar Economic Development Zone. The project is located in the Chengbei Area of Kashgar Economic Development Zone. It consists of one cascade utilization production line with an annual processing capacity of 50,000 groups of waste power batteries, and one crushing and sorting production line with an annual processing capacity of 20,000 tons of waste power batteries. Upon completion, it will achieve the above-mentioned annual processing capacities.

News 6: [100k-ton Retired Li-ion Battery Recycling Project Launched in Lixian, Hunan] Recently, the local government released the announcement on the launch of the new energy circular economy and energy storage equipment industry project in Lixian. According to public information, the Phase I investment is RMB 500 million, located in Lixian, Changde, Hunan. It consists of production lines for recycling and processing 100,000 tons of retired LIBs and 100,000 tons of retired PV modules annually. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual processing capacity of 100,000 tons of retired LIBs, with an estimated annual output value of RMB 1 billion.