# Stelco to enter EV battery recycling with Primobius technology

Stelco signed binding licensing and option agreements with Primobius to commercialize Primobius's lithium-ion battery recycling technology in North America. Stelco plans a 20,000-net ton per annum integrated operation at Lake Erie Works, with initial operations targeted for 2023.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2021-12-31
- Where: Lake Erie Works, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 20,000 net tons per annum
- Products: nickel, manganese and cobalt sulphates, lithium hydroxide and carbonate, steel scrap
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Stelco](https://endata.com/companies/25295.md)
- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (partner)
- [Primobius](https://endata.com/companies/55483.md) (partner)
- [Neometals](https://endata.com/companies/60018.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/stelco-to-enter-the-rapidly-growing-electric-vehicle-battery-recycling-market-through-agreements-with-technology-leader-primobius-889064188.html), 2021-12-31: "Stelco plans to secure end-of-life electric vehicles to source scrap steel feedstocks and recycle lithium-ion batteries in a proposed 20,000-net ton per annum integrated operation at Lake Erie Works."

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