Accurec – Lithium from old batteries: Krefeld company wants to start first production in Europe.
Experts expect a large lithium gap in the coming years. The Accurec company wants to create what only companies in Asia have been able to do so far.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s an electric car, smartphone, tablet or Bluetooth headphones – lithium is in all these products and is likely to become one of the most sought-after raw materials in the world in the coming years. However, experts have been warning of a gap for a long time: it is simply not possible to produce as much lithium as will be needed in the near future.
The recycling company Accurec from North Rhine-Westphalia has now developed a process with which it can recover the light metal from old batteries. This would make the Krefeld company the first in Europe to recycle lithium…