Battery recycling without limits

Primobius GmbH is an incorporated joint venture between Australian Stock Exchange listed company Neometals Ltd and private German global plant manufacturer, SMS group GmbH. The Primobius recycling process offers a scaleable, efficient, sustainable recycling solution that generates high purity, low carbon footprint battery materials for reuse in the battery supply chain.

Primobius has developed a two-step process for recycling lithium-ion batteries, utilising a combination of efficient and low-carbon mechanical and hydrometallurgical processes. Primobius’ Hilchenbach facility is primed for growing demand in Europe for recycling services for spent and scrap batteries from electric vehicles and consumer electronics.

Primobius’ novel process recovers high-purity high-value battery constituents like cobalt, lithium, nickel and other materials that would otherwise end up being recycled inefficiently or finding their way to landfill. These products complement supplies from primary mine production sources, support domestic raw material supply chain resilience and have a non-conflict provenance.

The global reliance on lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) has grown at an unprecedented pace and is rapidly increasing due to strong continued growth in the electric vehicle, energy storage and portable electronics markets. Commitment to the environment has also contributed to widespread adoption of rechargeable energy storage as a means to curb climate change. The waste created by end-of-life and scrap LiBs poses a growing environmental challenge – Primobius has the solution.

From scrap to high-value materials in 2 steps.

Primobius is “closing the loop” and contributing to the circular economy with its novel, sustainable and environmentally friendly recycling solution, generating high-purity cathode materials like cobalt, nickel and lithium from scrap and spent lithium-ion batteries for re-use in the battery supply chain.