Talga and Aurubis sign battery anode contract

Battery materials and technology company Talga Group has signed a development agreement with non-ferrous metals provider and recycler Aurubis AG to develop a recycled graphite anode product from used batteries and battery production scrap.

The development agreement, which aims at product readiness by 2025, is driven by growing customer interest in recycled graphite anode as a complement to Talga’s natural graphite anode product Talnode-C, according to a statement.

Talga CEO Martin Phillips said: “This partnership aligns with our broader ambition to produce battery materials that enable the world’s most sustainable batteries.

“Talga’s Talnode-C Recycled Series is designed to support a closed loop battery supply chain and provides expansion potential underpinned by a range of low-emission feedstock options.”

The development agreement is Talga’s second graphite anode recycling partnership and builds on the company’s earlier work on refining recycled black mass for use in its battery anode production creating a closed loop for graphite anode materials in Europe.

Under the agreement, Aurubis will supply Talga with graphite concentrate from the black mass of spent batteries and production scrap.

Talga will purify the graphite concentrate and refine into anode material using its patent-pending recycled graphite processing and patented anode production technologies, modified from the company’s Swedish graphite anode project.

Aurubis COO Multimetal Recycling Inge Hofkens said: “With recycled graphite, we are keeping crucial battery input material in the loop.

“The target is to increase the EU’s independency from foreign graphite supply chains, and laying the groundwork for CO2 savings.”

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