Schedule of Events

Mike O'Kronley of Ascend Elements takes the stage to kick off this year’s Battery and Critical Metals Recycling Conference.

Explore the challenges inherent to transporting and storing end-of-life batteries and the regulations that govern the movement of these devices. In this informative session, elevate your expertise related to transporting and storing these potentially hazardous materials and stay up to date with evolving legislation.

This session explores how one recycler is working with a retailer to collect and recycle end-of-life batteries from consumer goods.

This session provides a comprehensive forecast for automotive electrification, revealing key factors influencing the trajectory of electric vehicles (EVs) and their impact on metals demand. The relationship between EV adoption and regulatory frameworks is closely examined along with how OEMs are redesigning vehicles around batteries.

As the usage of batteries continues to proliferate, presenting challenges and opportunities for those who handle them at their end of life – the recycled materials industry. The Recycled Materials Association (ReMA), formerly ISRI, is committed to developing a comprehensive pathway forward for recovering batteries, the critical minerals within them, and the products that contain them. This session will help inform the industry about that effort while also seeking industry input.

Valuable materials recovered from end-of-life batteries, known as "black mass," have become a huge point of focus of recycling efforts. Black mass recovery can yield valuable resources crucial for various industries, from automotive to electronics. In this session, we delve into the process of battery recycling and the innovative methods used to recover and upgrade these materials.

As the rechargeable battery recycling industry emerges, understanding the dynamics of black mass pricing is of growing interest. Black mass, a crucial output of the battery recycling process, plays a pivotal role in shaping the economics of the entire supply chain. During this session, we learn more about black mass pricing assessments and the methodology involved behind these services.

A fireside chat with Redwood Materials to explore the emerging markets for recycled materials extracted and refined from end-of-life batteries.