Establishment of a world-first horizontal material recycling process that recovers lithium from used lithium-ion batteries and recycles it as battery materials -Achieved through joint development with Kanto Denka Kogyo-

January 19, 2022
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and Representative Director: Akira Nozaki) and Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Jun'ichi Hasegawa) have jointly developed a world-first horizontal recycling process that recovers high-purity lithium compounds from used lithium-ion batteries for battery materials.

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Establishment of a world-first horizontal material recycling process that recovers lithium from used lithium-ion batteries and recycles it as battery materials -Achieved through joint development with Kanto Denka Kogyo-