Altilium welcomed on November 9, 2026, the publication of a UK Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee report on critical minerals. The company supported the report’s recognition of recycling and domestic processing as measures to strengthen UK supply chains and reduce reliance on overseas suppliers.
The report warned of economic security risks linked to critical mineral supply chains, particularly the UK’s dependence on China for processing and refining materials used in electric vehicles, clean energy technologies and defense. It also identified an opportunity to recover critical minerals already circulating in end-of-life EV batteries and other waste streams.
Altilium said too much of this material is currently exported for processing, transferring potential economic value, skilled employment and supply chain benefits overseas. Processing battery waste domestically could provide the UK with recovered lithium, nickel and cobalt while reducing demand for imported materials and improving the resilience of strategic supply chains.
The company said it is developing a fully integrated UK recycling and refining capability through its proprietary EcoCathode technology. According to Altilium, the process is designed to recover both cathode and anode materials from spent EV batteries and convert them into battery-grade products. Altilium described the planned capability as the only fully integrated operation of its kind in the UK.
Altilium also supported the committee’s recommendations to incentivize domestic recycling, address high energy costs for UK processors and improve access to financing for strategically important projects. The company said such measures could accelerate commercial deployment of UK recycling technologies, attract private investment and help establish domestic industrial capacity for critical mineral recovery and refining.
Source: altilium.tech
