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99.6% of key materials recovered from retired EV batteries under China’s new dismantling standards (carnewschina.com)

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China has implemented national standards for the recycling and utilisation of electric vehicle (EV) power batteries. Pilot programs report over 99% recovery of key materials such as nickel, cobalt, and manganese

Some companies achieve nickel-cobalt-manganese recovery rates of 99.6% and lithium recovery rates of 96.5%,

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[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is great, even though the number feels way too high. I don't know whether this is reliable but the news suggests great improvements in the area anyway. Just remembering reproducing some chemical reactions from Chinese papers claiming 80% yield and definitely after several attempts never passing the 10% mark...