American Battery Technology Company

American Battery Technology Company, formerly American Battery Metals Corporation, is a US-based battery recycling technology startup founded in 2011.[1] It employs a hydrometallurgical process to recycle batteries and a targeted extraction system to extract raw materials from primary resources.[2][3]

In 2019, the company was selected as winner of BASF’s Battery Recycling Circularity Challenge, allowing for the demonstration of its lithium-ion battery recycling technology as part of the Greentown Labs accelerator program.[4] In 2021, it received a $2 million contract from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy for commercialization of its integrated lithium-ion battery recycling system.[5][6]

In October 2022, it was selected for a $57 million grant by the Department of Energy to design, construct, commission, and operate a first-of-its-kind commercial-scale facility to demonstrate its process for the manufacturing of battery cathode-grade lithium hydroxide from unconventional Nevada-based lithium-bearing sedimentary resources.[7]

The company's Research Development Center has been located at the Nevada Center for Applied Research at the University of Nevada Reno since 2021.[8]

References
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  4. Karasin, Reena (13 February 2020). "Circularity Challenge Spotlight: American Battery Metals Corporation". Greentown Labs.
  5. "USABC Announces $2 Million Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Program with American Battery Technology Company – USCAR".
  6. "ABTC receives contract to demonstrate its hydrometallurgical lithium-ion battery recycling process". Best Magazine. 21 January 2022.
  7. Voloschuk, Chris (October 21, 2022). "ABTC receives US DOE grant for construction of lithium manufacturing facility". Recycling Today. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  8. "American Battery Technology expands R&D center at the University of Nevada, Reno". Green Car Congress. 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
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