China’s lithium-ion battery hydrometallurgical recycling capacity has reached an estimated 2.86 million tonnes per year, around ten times that of the EU and US combined.
A survey by Chinese analysts Mysteel indicates that Jiangxi province ranked first with a regional capacity of 0.70 million tonnes per year, accounting for just under a quarter of China’s total capacity.
Hunan and Guangdong took the second and third positions with capacities of 0.67 million tonnes per year and 0.31 million tonnes per year, respectively.
As a comparison to China’s overall capacity of 2.86 million tonnes, the Fraunhofer Institute estimated last year that the annual European capacity would reach 400 000 tonnes by 2025, up from 160 000 tonnes last year.
The International Council on Clean Transportation puts US capacity at around 100 000 tonnes.
Latest facility
The most recent reported development in the Chinese sector from MySteel is an announcement from Ya’an Haitong Guneng New Energy Technology Co that its lithium-ion battery regeneration and recycling project (Phase I) has been pre-approved for environmental impact assessment.
After completion, the project will be able to treat approximately 83 333 tonnes of waste lithium iron phosphate batteries annually, 2 500 tonnes of battery electrodes, 3 000 tonnes of black mass and 50 000 tonnes of electrolyte.
In addition, the project will have an annual production capacity of 21 226 tonnes of iron phosphate, 6 896 tonnes of lithium carbonate and 67 573 tonnes of by-product sodium sulphate.
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