aUdi aNd Umicore aim to recover 95%
oF battery metals
Audi and Umicore have successfully completed the first phase
of their strategic research cooperation for battery recycling.
They are developing a closed loop ‘raw materials bank’ for
components of high-voltage batteries so valuable metals will
not be wasted.
Audi analysed the batteries used to power its latest vehicle, the
A3 E-tron plug-in hybrid car, and defined ways of recycling
them before launching its collaboration with Umicore this June.
The car manufacturer is determined to boost the recycling rates
for battery components such as cobalt, nickel and copper.
The outcome of this new partnership is said to be ‘very promis-
ing’. Umicore, which is based in Belgium, says laboratory tests
suggest that more than 95% of these elements can be recov-
ered and reused. Audi manufactures vehicles at 16 locations in
12 countries. Last year, the group sold 1.878 million cars.
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Uk dismaNtler to scrap
oFFshore gas platForms
Vessel and oil drilling platform dismantler Able
UK has been awarded the contract to recycle and
dispose of natural gas platforms from the Sable
Offshore Energy Project (SOEP) operated by
ExxonMobil Canada off the coast of Nova Scotia.
The project will be managed by the Able Seaton
Port facility on the River Tees in north-east England
and the first shipment of the structures is sched-
uled to arrive there in the second quarter of 2020.
‘This contract reflects our reputation and the
expertise we have built up over many years as
leaders in the rapidly developing offshore decom-
missioning sector,’ says Able UK ceo Peter
Stephenson.
The project will involve the removal of seven plat-
forms and their jackets using one of the biggest
crane vessels in the world, the Heerema Thialf, with
the components being transported to Able Seaton
Port by barge. The onshore dismantling, recycling
and disposal work is due to be completed within
ten months.
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