Recently, Wanzhou, Chongqing accelerated the construction of a red mud comprehensive utilization project. Some equipment had already been installed, and the project was expected to be completed and put into operation by the end of June this year. Reportedly, the project was one of three subprojects under an aluminum semis comprehensive utilization project with a total investment of 5.2 billion yuan. Covering about 450 mu, the project used industrial solid waste such as red mud generated from alumina production by Chongqing Jiulong Wanbo New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. as raw material, adopted the rotary kiln sintering process, and produced 1.5 million mt of high-alumina clinker annually, promoting resource recycling and achieving cost reduction, efficiency improvement.

At 10 a.m. on March 28, the side-blown furnace of Jiangxi Jiangtong Tongxin Environmental Protection Resource Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Protection Equipment Manufacturing Phase II Project was successfully ignited, marking the full commissioning of Jiangxi Copper Group’s first full-chain project for solid waste resource utilization and environmental protection equipment manufacturing.

Recently, the Fuding Ecological Environment Bureau in Ningde City, Fujian Province, released the acceptance announcement for the environmental impact assessment document of the "Lithium Battery Material (General Industrial Solid Waste) Collection and Recycling Project" undertaken by an environmental protection technology company in Ningde. This project involves the recycling and processing of waste battery materials and waste lithium battery electrode sheet materials. It utilizes anode (negative electrode) sheets to separate copper particles and graphite powder through crushing and screening processes. The project has an annual capacity of recycling 30,000 tons of waste battery materials and processing 50,000 tons of waste lithium battery electrode sheet materials.

Indian steelmaker Tata Steel intends to transform its plant in Kalinganagar (Odisha state) into its largest production site with a steel output capacity of over 16 million tons per year. The company has currently invested 50 billion rupees in Kalinganagar. This has been the largest organic capacity expansion in Tata Steel’s history (from 3 to 8 million tons). Its key milestone was the introduction of India’s largest blast furnace at the plant. The plant currently produces over 100 grades of high-quality steel used in the automotive, infrastructure, engineering, and energy sectors. Overall, the state of Odisha has become the largest investment destination for Tata Steel in the country. The Kalinganagar plant is ResponsibleSteel certified and operates as a zero liquid discharge facility. At the same time, it ensures 100% utilization of solid waste.

On September 8, Qichacha APP showed that Jingmen GEM Recycling High-Tech Co., Ltd. was recently established, with Peng Tao as its legal representative. The company is wholly owned by GEM's holding company, Jiangxi GEM Recycling Industry Co., Ltd. Its main business scope includes: R&D of resource recycling technologies; smelting of rare and rare-earth metals; smelting of common non-ferrous metals; solid waste treatment; sales of new-type metal functional materials, etc. This move comes as GEM prepares for its upcoming listing.

[Xining's 10,000-mt-scale Waste Lithium-ion Battery Processing Project Lands] Recently, the People's Government of Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Xining City, Qinghai Province, released the second public consultation information on the environmental impact report for the "Comprehensive Utilization Project (Phase II) for Hazardous and Solid Waste from Electrolytic Aluminum Production by Qinghai Haiding Group Qinghai Dingneng Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd." The advancement of this project holds significant importance for local resource recycling and ecological environmental protection. The project is located on the north side of Qingping Road in Beichuan Industrial Park, Datong County, Xining City, with an investment of 220 million yuan. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual processing capacity of 80,000 mt of overhaul slag and 20,000 mt of carbon slag, producing 3,108 mt of industrial-grade lithium carbonate, 2,124 mt of potassium chloride, 8,934 mt of sodium chloride, 9,796 mt of sulfate mixtures (a mixture of sodium sulphate and potassium sulphate), 17,928 mt of dry impermeable materials, 2,084 mt of magnesium fluoride, 26,214 mt of graphite powder, 30,840 mt of regenerated electrolyte, and 8,000 mt of steel bars annually.