{"id":51887,"date":"2025-06-26T12:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51887"},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T08:11:16","slug":"black-mass-recovery-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/black-mass-recovery-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Mass Recovery Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Black Mass Recovery Technology Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science &amp; Technology (DST), Government of India, has extended financial support for commercialisation of Indigenous Battery Recycling Technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Black Mass Recovery Technology<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to <\/span><b>extract battery-grade lithium, cobalt, nickel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>dual-mode (wet and dry) black mass recovery technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ensures high separation efficiency and <\/span><b>recovery rates of up to 97\u201399%.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It seeks to minimize import of critical minerals by recycling already available one within the country.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recovered battery-grade compounds\u2014such as lithium carbonate and cobalt sulphate\u2014meet global specifications and will cater to both domestic consumption and exports.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is Black Mass?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the term used to describe the <\/span><b>dark, granular material<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that remains after lithium-ion batteries are shredded during recycling.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contains a valuable mix of metals, including: <\/span><b>Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel, Manganese and Graphite<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These materials are essential to the production of new batteries, especially for electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and electronics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2139197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>PIB<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Mass Recovery Technology is designed to extract battery-grade lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. 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