Trump's Second Term Is Creating 'a Limbo Moment' for US Battery Recyclers

Trump’s policies cast uncertainty over U.S. battery recycling expansion

The Biden-era battery recycling boom faces major uncertainty as President Trump rolls back clean energy policies and shakes up trade rules, leaving recyclers navigating a volatile political and economic landscape.Maddie Stone reports for Grist.In short:Ascend Elements is launching the first U.S. facility to produce lithium carbonate from recycled materials, with plans to generate 3,000 metric tons annually, joining only one other domestic source…

Battery Recyclers Don't Know How to Respond to Trump’s Clean Energy Reversal

The president hasn't directly targeted the nascent industry, but his clean energy rollbacks could hurt it.

Trump's second term is creating 'a limbo moment' for US battery recyclers

In a recycling facility in Covington, Georgia, workers grind up dead batteries into a fine, dark powder. In the past, the factory shipped that powder, known in the battery recycling industry as black mass, overseas to refineries that extracted valuable metals like cobalt and nickel. But now it keeps the black mass on site and processes it to produce lithium carbonate, a critical ingredient for making new batteries to power electric vehicles and …

Q&A: can recycling help companies prepare for a lithium boom?

Mining Technology speaks to Danielle Spalding from Cirba Solutions on how to future-proof the lithium recycling industry.The post Q&A: can recycling help companies prepare for a lithium boom? appeared first on Mining Technology.

Trump Creating "Chaos" For U.S. Energy, Quantum Capital Founder Warns

Wil VanLoh, founder and CEO of Quantum Capital Group—one of the largest private equity investors in shale oil—warned that President Donald Trump’s administration is creating “a lot of chaos” for the U.S. energy sector and the broader economy.

Battery Recyclers Don’t Know How to Respond to Trump’s Clean Energy Reversal

The president hasn't directly targeted the nascent industry, but his clean energy rollbacks could hurt it.