With the booming development of the new energy vehicle industry, China's first wave of power batteries has entered a large-scale retirement phase. Recently, lithium battery recycling projects have been intensively launched across multiple regions nationwide, covering every link of the industrial chain — from dismantling and crushing to hydrometallurgy, from cascade utilization to material regeneration.

Recently, Longnan Economic and Technological Development Zone in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, released the first EIA information announcement for the waste power battery comprehensive utilization project. The project is located in the Electronic Information Industrial Park, Longnan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Ganzhou. It constructs a new waste power battery pack resource utilization production line, with main processes including external screw removal, cover removal, busbar removal, high/low voltage harness removal, module fixing screw removal, and module extraction. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual processing capacity of 10,000 tons of waste Li-ion batteries, yielding 8,000 tons of modules meeting reuse standards and 2,000 tons of hardware materials.

Recently, the relevant authority released the first EIA announcement for the annual 18,000-ton waste new energy battery recycling and comprehensive utilization project. The project involves a total investment of RMB 34 million, located in the Circular Economy Industrial Park, Penggao Town, Pingxiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangxi. It consists of one new waste battery comprehensive utilization production line, with 136 pieces of equipment including capacity grading, battery dismantling, refrigerated cabinets, and dust removal systems. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual recycling and comprehensive utilization capacity of 18,000 tons of waste new energy batteries.

【300k-ton LIB Recycling and Reutilization Project Signed in Weiyuan, Sichuan】 Recently, the government of Weiyuan County, Neijiang, Sichuan, signed an agreement for the 300,000-ton/year LIB recycling and reutilization project. According to public information, the project is located in the Weiyuan Shale Gas Comprehensive Utilization Chemical Industrial Park, Neijiang. It will be constructed in three phases, building 300,000 tons/year LIB recycling and reutilization production lines. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual recycling and reutilization capacity of 300,000 tons of LIBs, realizing green circular development of waste battery recycling, cascade utilization, and material regeneration.

【30k-ton Waste Power Battery Comprehensive Utilization Project Launched in Chengmai, Hainan】 Recently, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Hainan Province issued a letter approving the EIA report for the new energy vehicle waste power battery comprehensive utilization project. The project is located in Laosheng Town, Chengmai County, Hainan, within the Laosheng Economic Development Zone. It constructs two new production lines: one 15,000-ton/year waste LFP battery cell crushing and sorting line (using "crushing + high-temperature pyrolysis + multi-component screening + dry separation + copper-aluminum separation" process), and one 15,000-ton/year waste NCM battery cell crushing and sorting line (using "brine discharge + shredding + drum washing + filter pressing + drying + multi-component screening" process). Upon completion, it will achieve an annual recycling capacity of 30,000 tons of waste LIB cells.

【50k-ton Waste New Energy Battery Resource Comprehensive Utilization Project Launched in Taihe, Anhui】 Recently, the local government of Taihe County, Anhui, released the draft EIA report for the waste new energy battery resource comprehensive utilization project. The project involves a total investment of RMB 410 million, located in Xiaokou Town Industrial Park, Taihe County. It consists of four automatic battery crushing lines, acid leaching, evaporation crystallization and drying equipment, and supporting wastewater treatment facilities. Upon completion, it will achieve an annual processing capacity of 40,000 tons of waste LFP batteries and 10,000 tons of waste NCM batteries, totaling 50,000 tons/year.

[Waste Lead-Acid Battery Market Update] Overnight lead prices plunged, and today most smelters lowered their purchase prices for waste lead-acid batteries by 50-100 yuan/mt. Some smelters in east China even suspended quotations and purchases to avoid a discount on the raw materials purchased.

[Waste Lead-Acid Battery Market Dynamics] A lead smelter in south-west China reported that the amount of retired waste lead-acid batteries remains very low. Meanwhile, recyclers are unwilling to sell because they consider the purchase prices offered by the smelter too low. As a result, arrivals of scrap battery raw materials at the enterprise are only one-third of last month's volume.

SMM July 8 News: Waste lead-acid battery purchase quotations have yet to significantly follow the rise — Subsequent focus on smelter arrivals. Lead prices surged today, while secondary lead smelters' purchase quotations for waste lead-acid batteries remained flat, without showing a notable follow-up increase. Due to the persistent scarcity of supply in the recycling sector, arrivals at smelters were poor. Waste battery prices are expected to remain firm going forward.

Recently, the ecological environment authority of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, released the EIA public notice for the Wenshan scrapped vehicle and waste battery dismantling, recycling and reutilization project. The project involves a total investment of RMB 147.51 million, located in Matang Industrial Park, Wenshan High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan. It consists of one waste battery recycling workshop, one dismantling workshop, one warehouse, and supporting environmental facilities including solid waste collection and temporary storage. The business scope covers scrapped vehicle dismantling and recycling, recycled resource processing, and power LIB cascade utilization.