Aqua Metals and 6K Energy plan to create the first “truly sustainable circular supply chain” for domestic lithium-ion battery manufacturing in the U.S. The two companies have signed a multi-part memorandum of understanding and are planning a co-located facility at a site in Jackson, Tennessee. The facility will be the first of its kind, producing low-carbon cathode active materials for batteries, using raw materials from domestically-sourced batteries, as well as scrap materials from manufacturing partners. The companies’ partnership will foster domestic job growth, technological advancement, and a sustainable footprint in the global lithium battery market. In September, battery supplier Dragonfly Energy announced it had manufactured a lithium-based battery cell using lithium hydroxide pulled by Aqua Metals from recycled batteries.
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