Editorial TDB supports BatX Energies’ battery recycling innovation

The Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has extended financial support to BatX Energies, Gurugram for its project focusing on the commercialisation of an indigenous, sustainable battery recycling process to extract battery-grade lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries.

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In a statement the DST said today here, BatX Energies has developed a proprietary low-temperature, low-pressure hydrometallurgical process that is agnostic to lithium-ion battery chemistries. Its dual-mode (wet and dry) black mass recovery technology ensures high separation efficiency and recovery rates of up to 97-99%.

The end-to-end process, including collection, shredding, metal leaching, and downstream purification, is indigenously developed and patented, significantly reducing reliance on imported recycling equipment.

Also, this seeks to minimise import of critical minerals by recycling already available one within the country.