VFBATTERY REPORT

Supply Chain Insights

Pages 22–24 (3 pages)

Battery Report 2020, page 24: Supply Chain Insights
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Supply Chain Insights: Recycling Raw Materials Volume of batteries sent to recycling centers expected to grow 4x by 2025 The recycling industry is in its nascent stages, and faces multiple obstacles on its path towards profitability and scale:

kilotons of lithium ion batteries sent for recycling by geography

Second life batteries

Low collection rate from the customer

Non-differentiated regulation between lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries

Input feedstock heterogeneity

Chemical process inefficiency

Competing priorities with battery life longevity push

*Source: BENCHMARK MINERAL INTELLIGENCE

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