New DelhiA kilogram of one industrial black mass held 25g of lithium and 18g of cobalt.
India banned black mass exports on 10 November to feed domestic recyclers short of feedstock.
Shredded cells yield a powder of graphite and metal oxides, which recyclers dissolve in acid to recover cobalt, nickel and lithium.
The International Energy Agency estimates announced Indian capacity would cover only 10% of battery feedstock in 2040.
End-of-life batteries become the largest feedstock source from 2035, the agency projects.
How each outlet framed it
- Hindustan Times
- frames the black mass ban as a bid to keep battery-metal recovery in domestic recyclers, citing idle plants and recyclers forced to import feedstock
Sources: Hindustan Times