Austin Elements leads in recycling Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) and Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) batteries with proprietary low-carbon processes extracting battery-grade lithium carbonate and other critical minerals from end-of-life and scrap feedstocks, including handling high impurity ‘dirty’ black mass. It operates specialized production lines for lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, and nickel sulfate with a sustainability commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Producing high-purity critical minerals and battery precursors including lithium carbonate, nickel sulfate, cobalt sulfate, iron phosphate, and sodium sulfate for manufacturing Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) and Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) batteries used in electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.
In 2024, Austin Elements partnered with Wildcat Discovery Technologies to advance LFP battery recycling and develop high-performance cathode materials. The company plans to build a 10,000 metric-ton LFP black mass refinery in Houston, Texas, operational by 2026 and scaling to 85,000 metric tons by 2028, becoming the largest U.S. and European LFP black mass refinery plant.
Austin Elements Inc. is backed notably by the Rice Investment Group, supporting technological advancement and production expansion in battery material recycling.
