CSIR-NML signed an MoU for the commercialization of battery recycling technology

¨     CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, signed an MoU with New Delhi-based R2E Greentech Private Limited on 18 June 2026 for the commercialisation of indigenous technology to recycle end-of-life lithium-ion batteries.

¨     On 17 June 2026, CSIR-NML signed a Technology Transfer Agreement with Bengaluru-based CircuOre Private Limited for the scientific recycling of waste lithium-ion batteries.

¨     Lithium-ion battery recycling is the process of recovering valuable metals and materials from spent batteries.

¨     The recovered materials include lithium, cobalt, manganese, nickel, copper, aluminium, and graphite.

¨     These recovered materials are reused in battery manufacturing and other industrial applications.

¨     The technology developed by CSIR-NML is designed to extract critical minerals from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries.

¨     The process uses an integrated hydrometallurgical facility for the extraction of critical metals.

¨     Hydrometallurgy is a metal recovery process that uses aqueous chemistry for leaching, separation, and purification of metals.

¨ CSIR-NML commissioned its first battery recycling pilot facility at Jamshedpur in September 2023.

¨     The pilot facility has the capacity to dismantle 1 tonne of batteries per day and separate cathode materials.

¨     The facility operates using CSIR-NML's patented flowsheet.

¨  It can process spent rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and nickel-based batteries for process validation and technology transfer.