Mercedes-Benz opens Europe’s first battery recycling plant in southern Germany

Mercedes-Benz inaugurated Europe’s first integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, which uses the technology of Primobius to recover cobalt, nickel, lithium and other materials for making new battery modules, Primobius said Oct. 22. Primobius, a 50-50 joint venture between German engineering company SMS Group and Australian company Neometals, commercializes a patented recycling process for end-of-life and scrap…Mercedes-Benz inaugurated Europe’s first integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany, which uses the technology of Primobius to recover cobalt, nickel, lithium and other materials for making new battery modules, Primobius said Oct. 22. Primobius, a 50-50 joint venture between German engineering company SMS Group and Australian company Neometals, commercializes a patented recycling process for end-of-life and scrap…Read More