Black Mass Recovery Technology:
The Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, has extended financial support for commercialisation of Indigenous Battery Recycling Technology.
- Black Mass Recovery Technology is designed to extract battery-grade lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries.
- Its dual-mode (wet and dry) black mass recovery technology ensures high separation efficiency and recovery rates of up to 97–99%.
- The end-to-end process, including collection, shredding, metal leaching, and downstream purification, is indigenously developed and patented, significantly reducing reliance on imported recycling equipment.
- It seeks to minimize import of critical minerals by recycling already available ones within the country.
- The recovered battery-grade compounds—such as lithium carbonate and cobalt sulphate—meet global specifications and will cater to both domestic consumption and exports.
