SMM May 28 News:This week (May 22–29), China's waste lithium battery recycling sector witnessed a wave of project public announcements and launches, spanning more than ten provinces and cities including Guangdong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Tianjin, Zhejiang, and Hubei.

A Jiangsu company has officially published a pre-approval announcement for its project involving an annual 10,000 tons of battery echelon utilization and 40,000 tons of battery dismantling. The project is dedicated to building a full-chain system of "echelon empowerment plus material regeneration" for retired batteries, injecting strong momentum into the high-quality development of the regional new energy industry.

The Fuyang Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment in Anhui Province published a pre-approval notice for the environmental impact report of an Anhui company’s retired lithium battery material resource recycling and regeneration project. The total investment is 230.51 million yuan, and the site is in the Taihe Economic Development Zone. The project will construct a lithium battery dismantling workshop, a comprehensive utilization workshop, raw material and finished product warehouses, and other facilities. Primarily engaged in lithium battery recycling, echelon utilization, processing, and dismantling, the project will achieve an annual treatment capacity of 20,000 tons of waste lithium batteries after completion.

A Hubei company’s official website released the first environmental impact assessment announcement for its retired lithium battery comprehensive utilization project. The project will be located in the Economic Development Zone of Dawu County, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province. It will feature fully automatic precise dismantling and cathode material regeneration and repair production lines, procuring complete sets of equipment for cell precision disassembly, powder separation, material purification, and material regeneration and repair. Upon completion, it will process 40,000 tons of waste LFP batteries annually and produce 20,000 tons of regenerated and repaired battery cathode materials each year.

This week (May 22–29), the scrap lithium battery recycling sector nationwide saw a wave of project announcements and implementations, involving more than ten provinces and cities including Guangdong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Tianjin, Zhejiang, and Hubei. The newly added processing capacity totaled over 200,000 mt/year, covering multiple segments such as second-life application, dismantling and crushing, lithium extraction from black mass, and cathode material repair. The industry's capacity expansion entered an acceleration phase.

【SMM Steel】A fire broke out in the acid regeneration line tower at Hoa Sen Phu My Steel Sheet Plant at 10:00 PM on May 25, 2026. The blaze was extinguished by 10:45 PM through joint intervention by the company's team and police. No injuries occurred and product inventory remained safe. Damage to the auxiliary line was minor and fully insured. The line is isolated from core production sectors, so other lines continued operating without disruption. Hoa Sen Group confirmed no impact on business operations. Authorities are investigating the cause.