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News from Abroad

COLLABORATION
Ascend Elements and Elemental Strategic Metals

set up battery recycling jv in Poland

Elemental Strategic Metals of
Poland and Ascend Elements of US
have announced the formation of AE
Elemental, a joint venture based in
Zawiercie, Poland.

The 50/50 jv will operate a newly
constructed electric vehicle (EV) bat-
tery recycling facility in Zawiercie,
Poland. The facility will disassemble,
discharge and shred EV batteries to
produce black mass, which can be used
to make new engineered EV battery
materials, including cathode active
material (CAM) and cathode precursor
capabilities processing up to 20,000 network, recycling platform and global
metric tons of black mass per year will footprint puts AE Elemental in a pole
begin construction in later this year and position in this evolving market,” said
will be operational in 2026. Mr. Pawel Jarski, CEO of Elemental
Holding.
Additionally, the companies plan
to begin building a new EV battery “The AE Elemental JV is a signifi -
recycling facility in central Germany. cant milestone for Ascend Elements,
(pCAM). The facility has the capacity The AE Elemental facility in Germany representing our fi rst commercial-scale
to recycle up to 12,000 metric tons of will have the capacity to recycle up to battery recycling facility in Europe.
batteries per year, or approximately 25,000 metric tons of batteries per year, Expanding into Europe will allow us to
28,000 EV batteries annually. or approximately 58,000 EVs annually. better service our customers locally and
help the industry comply with new EU
Both partners agreed to jointly “The combination of Ascend rules requiring recycled material in new
invest in large-scale lithium extraction Elements’ cutting-edge technology with batteries,” added Mr. Mike O’Kronley,
from black mass. Lithium extraction our recycling expertise, large collection CEO of Ascend Elements.

KBR awarded engineering services contract

by First State Hydrogen

American engineering major, KBR, services to study the feasibility of deve- “This award highlights KBR’s
has been awarded an engineering services loping a clean hydrogen production extensive and innovative clean
contract by First State Hydrogen to facility through electrolysis powered hydrogen expertise, in providing
support the feasibility and development by renewable energy. The study is part solutions that matter, and our strate-
of its fi rst clean hydrogen production of First State Hydrogen’s vision to gic commitment to the energy transi-
facility in the US mid-Atlantic region. provide clean hydrogen for Delaware tion,” said Mr. Jay Ibrahim, Presi-
and the US mid-Atlantic and help the dent, KBR Sustainable Technology
KBR will provide engineering region meet its sustainability goals. Solutions.

148 Chemical Weekly April 23, 2024

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