Recycling of end-of-life battery packs for domestic raw material supply chains and enhanced circular economy

Indumetal Recycling participates in the BATRAW project to create a new process for recovering critical raw materials from electric vehicle batteries

Indumetal Recycling participates in the BATRAW project, which began in May 2022 and aims to recycle batteries recovered from electric vehicles that can no longer be reused, and to make use of their materials. This is a project of strategic importance for the EU to reduce its dependence on imports of these critical raw materials, as well as to help ensure a stable supply chain in view of the expected growth of the electric mobility market in Europe over the coming years.

Led and coordinated by Leitat (Spain), the BATRAW project also includes the partners BeePlanet Factory (Spain), Centre for European Policy Studies (Belgium), Centro De Experimentación y Seguridad Vial Mapfre (Spain), Comanai (Spain), Commissariat a l energie atomique et aux energies alternatives CEA) (France), Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. (Germany), Ford Otomotiv Sanayi (Turkey), Indumetal Recycling (Spain), Isle Utilities (Netherlands), Minespider (Germany), MTB Manufacturing (France), Orano (France), POSCO Holdings (South Korea), Recyclia (Spain), Renault (France), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig (Germany) and Torrecid (Spain).

The BATRAW project (grant agreement 101058359) has a total budget of 13.212811 million euros, of which 10,236,986 euros are funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe framework programme, the EU’s main funding programme for research and innovation for 2021–2027.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Grant Agreement N° 101057733.