Peter Hessler URT

1. Thermomechanical processing of
lithium- ion batteries

2. OUR
COMPANY
Foundation 1995
Location Karlstadt/Germany
Export ratio >90%
URT's business segment includes the engineering, sales and service of
recycling plants for electrical and electronic waste (WEEE)

4. Installations for primary
treatment
Installations for the
downstream treatment
Offer portfolio
URT's business segment includes the engineering, sales and service of
recycling plants for electrical and electronic waste (WEEE)
End of life refrigerators and air conditioners
Small appliances and IT recycling
Large household appliance recycling
LCD - flat screen
CRT – cathode ray tubes
Printed circuit boards
Toner cartridges
Plastic recycling from WEEE
Lithium - ion batteries

6. Input material
for thermo-mechanical treatment
EV-modules
Cellpacks
Pouch cells
Anode foils
Cathode foils
WEEE batteries
Cellphone batteries

7. URT treatment
concept

8. Black mass from
EV batteries
Valuation of active material from lithium ion batteries
Metal value based on LME:
LME Cobalt in US$/ton $70.000,00
LME Nickel in US$/ton $21.000,00
Buying formula example:
Cobalt content factor 0,20
Nickel content factor 0,45
Mass share (%) in dry black mass:
Cobalt 11.66
Nickel 11.96
Calculation:
$1.632,4
$1.130,2
Total value per ton of active material: $2.762,6
Black mass %
Al 3.96
Ba 0.00
Cd 0.00
Co 11.66
Cr 0.87
Cu 2.49
Fe 2.77
Li 3.11
Mg 0.05
Mn 8.01
Ni 11.96
P 0.68
Si 0.79
Ti 0.02
Zn 0.03
Zr 0.05
electrolyte
12.50%
black mass
43.63%
ferrous metals
5.12%
non ferrous metals
20.33%
rest / plastic mix
2.56%
foil fraction
8.01%
light fraction
1.79% heavy fraction
6.06%
black mass
43,63%

9. Black mass from appliance
batteries
electrolyte
2.40%
black mass
54.86%
ferrous metals
8.99%
non ferrous metals
3.42%
rest / plastic mix
5.53%
foil fraction
11.72%
light fraction
2.80%
Al/Cu from foils
10.28%
Valuation of active material from lithium ion batteries
Metal value based on LME:
LME Cobalt in US$/ton $70.000,00
LME Nickel in US$/ton $21.000,00
Buying formula example:
Cobalt content factor 0,20
Nickel content factor 0,45
Mass share (%) in dry black mass:
Cobalt 27,22
Nickel 2,59
Calculation:
$3.810,80
$244,76
Total value per ton of active material: $4.055,56
Black mass %
Al 1.32
Ba 0.02
Cd 0.07
Co 27.22
Cr 0.14
Cu 1.09
Fe 1.50
Li 3.60
Mg 0.08
Mn 0.92
Ni 2.59
P 0.44
Si 0.27
Ti 0.05
Zn 0.01
Zr 0.01

10. Current Project in the US
Design capacity: 4t/h
Feeding and shredding
Drying
Fraction sorting
Off gas treatment
Electrolyte filling

11. Lithium Ion battery recycling
Volkswagen AG, Salzgitter
Source: Volkswagen AG
Source: Volkswagen AG

12. URT reference plant: Volkswagen AG, Salzgitter, Germany

13. E-MAIL
info@urt-recycling.de
Thank you!