American Battery Technology Company Awarded Collaborative Agreement with Argonne National Laboratory ReCell Center to Advance Novel Lithium Manufacturing Technologies
American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT) has secured a $1 million collaborative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory ReCell Center. The partnership aims to advance ABAT's novel lithium hydroxide manufacturing technology using Argonne's Advanced Photon Source particle accelerator and Aurora Exascale Supercomputer.
ABAT's innovative electrochemical process produces lithium hydroxide with reduced chemical agent usage and lower operational costs compared to conventional methods. The technology will be integrated into both ABAT's critical mineral recycling facilities and its claystone-to-lithium hydroxide refinery near Tonopah, Nevada.
This collaboration is part of ABAT's broader engagement with U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories, including partnerships with Idaho National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, supporting domestic critical mineral production.
American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT) ha ottenuto un accordo collaborativo da 1 milione di dollari con il ReCell Center del Laboratorio Nazionale Argonne del Dipartimento dell'Energia degli Stati Uniti. La partnership mira a sviluppare la nuova tecnologia di produzione di idrossido di litio di ABAT utilizzando l'acceleratore di particelle Advanced Photon Source e il supercomputer Aurora Exascale di Argonne.
Il processo elettrochimico innovativo di ABAT produce idrossido di litio con minore utilizzo di agenti chimici e costi operativi ridotti rispetto ai metodi tradizionali. La tecnologia sarà integrata sia negli impianti di riciclo di minerali critici di ABAT sia nella sua raffineria da argilla a idrossido di litio vicino a Tonopah, Nevada.
Questa collaborazione fa parte dell’impegno più ampio di ABAT con i Laboratori Nazionali del Dipartimento dell’Energia USA, che include partnership con l'Idaho National Laboratory e il National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a sostegno della produzione nazionale di minerali critici.
American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT) ha asegurado un acuerdo colaborativo de 1 millón de dólares con el ReCell Center del Laboratorio Nacional Argonne del Departamento de Energía de EE. UU. La asociación tiene como objetivo avanzar en la novedosa tecnología de fabricación de hidróxido de litio de ABAT utilizando el acelerador de partículas Advanced Photon Source y la supercomputadora Aurora Exascale de Argonne.
El innovador proceso electroquímico de ABAT produce hidróxido de litio con menor uso de agentes químicos y costos operativos reducidos en comparación con los métodos convencionales. La tecnología se integrará tanto en las instalaciones de reciclaje de minerales críticos de ABAT como en su refinería de arcilla a hidróxido de litio cerca de Tonopah, Nevada.
Esta colaboración forma parte del compromiso más amplio de ABAT con los Laboratorios Nacionales del Departamento de Energía de EE. UU., incluyendo asociaciones con el Idaho National Laboratory y el National Renewable Energy Laboratory, apoyando la producción nacional de minerales críticos.
American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT)는 미국 에너지부 아르곤 국립연구소 ReCell 센터와 100만 달러 규모의 협력 계약을 체결했습니다. 이번 파트너십은 아르곤의 첨단 광자원 가속기와 오로라 엑사스케일 슈퍼컴퓨터를 활용해 ABAT의 혁신적인 수산화리튬 제조 기술을 발전시키는 것을 목표로 합니다.
ABAT의 혁신적인 전기화학 공정은 기존 방식에 비해 화학제 사용을 줄이고 운영 비용을 낮춘 수산화리튬을 생산합니다. 이 기술은 ABAT의 핵심 광물 재활용 시설과 네바다 토노파 인근의 점토층 기반 수산화리튬 정제 공장에 통합될 예정입니다.
이번 협력은 ABAT가 미국 에너지부 국립연구소들과 진행하는 광범위한 협력의 일환으로, 아이다호 국립연구소 및 국립재생에너지연구소와의 파트너십도 포함되어 국내 핵심 광물 생산을 지원합니다.
American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ : ABAT) a conclu un accord collaboratif d’un million de dollars avec le ReCell Center du Laboratoire national Argonne du Département américain de l'Énergie. Ce partenariat vise à faire progresser la technologie innovante de fabrication d’hydroxyde de lithium d’ABAT en utilisant l’accélérateur de particules Advanced Photon Source et le supercalculateur Aurora Exascale d’Argonne.
Le procédé électrochimique novateur d’ABAT produit de l’hydroxyde de lithium avec une utilisation réduite d’agents chimiques et des coûts opérationnels moindres par rapport aux méthodes conventionnelles. Cette technologie sera intégrée à la fois dans les installations de recyclage des minéraux critiques d’ABAT et dans sa raffinerie de transformation d’argile en hydroxyde de lithium près de Tonopah, Nevada.
Cette collaboration s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’engagement plus large d’ABAT avec les laboratoires nationaux du Département de l’Énergie des États-Unis, incluant des partenariats avec l’Idaho National Laboratory et le National Renewable Energy Laboratory, soutenant la production nationale de minéraux critiques.
American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT) hat eine 1-Million-Dollar-Kooperationsvereinbarung mit dem ReCell Center des Argonne National Laboratory des US-Energieministeriums abgeschlossen. Die Partnerschaft zielt darauf ab, ABATs neuartige Herstellungstechnologie für Lithiumhydroxid mithilfe des Advanced Photon Source-Teilchenbeschleunigers und des Aurora Exascale-Supercomputers von Argonne voranzutreiben.
Der innovative elektrochemische Prozess von ABAT produziert Lithiumhydroxid mit geringerem Chemikalieneinsatz und niedrigeren Betriebskosten im Vergleich zu herkömmlichen Methoden. Die Technologie wird sowohl in ABATs Recyclinganlagen für kritische Mineralien als auch in der Tonstein-zu-Lithiumhydroxid-Raffinerie nahe Tonopah, Nevada, integriert.
Diese Zusammenarbeit ist Teil von ABATs umfassenderen Engagements mit den Nationalen Laboratorien des US-Energieministeriums, einschließlich Partnerschaften mit dem Idaho National Laboratory und dem National Renewable Energy Laboratory, zur Unterstützung der inländischen Produktion kritischer Mineralien.
- Secured $1 million U.S. Department of Energy collaborative agreement
- Technology reduces chemical waste and operational costs in lithium hydroxide production
- Access to advanced facilities including particle accelerator and supercomputer
- Technology applicable to both recycling and primary mineral processing
- Technology still requires long-term performance validation
- Commercialization timeline and costs not specified
Insights
ABTC's $1M DOE partnership with Argonne validates their cost-reducing, environmentally-friendly lithium processing technology, strengthening domestic supply chain positioning.
ABTC has secured a
Traditional lithium manufacturing relies heavily on chemical agents that are both costly and environmentally problematic. ABTC's electrochemical alternative claims to produce equivalent or superior lithium hydroxide while substantially reducing chemical consumption and waste generation—directly addressing two major pain points in the industry: operational expenses and environmental impact.
The collaboration will leverage Argonne's world-class Advanced Photon Source particle accelerator and Aurora Exascale Supercomputer to characterize and predict the long-term performance of ABTC's electrochemical conversion systems. This access to cutting-edge national laboratory infrastructure would typically be prohibitively expensive for a company of ABTC's size, representing significant value beyond the monetary award.
This partnership strengthens ABTC's dual-track commercialization strategy, as they plan to integrate this technology into both their recycling operations and their primary claystone-to-lithium hydroxide refinery in Nevada. The federal support aligns with broader U.S. policy priorities to secure domestic critical mineral supply chains, potentially positioning ABTC advantageously as the regulatory landscape continues to favor onshore production capabilities.
This Argonne partnership, alongside ABTC's existing collaborations with Idaho National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, demonstrates the company's deepening relationships within the federal research ecosystem—relationships that provide both technical resources and implicit endorsement of their technological approach in the highly competitive battery materials sector.
- American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) awarded
$1M U.S. Department of Energy collaborative agreement to support new partnership project with Argonne National Laboratory, with use of their Advanced Photon Source particle accelerator and Aurora Exascale Supercomputer - ABTC’s internally-developed advanced lithium processing technology can manufacture critical mineral lithium hydroxide with substantial reduction in use of chemical agents, at lower operational costs, and with lower impact
- New agreement is one of several current partnership agreements with American U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories demonstrating the company’s commitment to advance the country’s acquisition of domestically sourced battery metals to ensure sustainable energy security
American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT), an integrated critical mineral company commercializing both primary critical mineral manufacturing and secondary recycling of critical mineral facilities, is pleased to announce that it has been selected for a competitively awarded
“We are committed to developing the next generation of critical mineral manufacturing technologies and to bringing these technologies to commercialization in our domestic-US facilities,” stated American Battery Technology Company CEO Ryan Melsert. “We are proud to be addressing the challenges of bringing such advanced processing technologies to market with a partner such as the Argonne National Laboratory.”
In current commercial lithium manufacturing facilities, the final lithium product is generally manufactured by consuming large amounts of chemical agents, and then producing large amounts of chemical waste materials. These types of processes are operationally expensive as they require the purchasing of the chemical agents and disposal of the chemical waste, and have a large impact as they consume and generate these large amounts of chemical agents.
ABTC has been working for several years to develop and commercialize a new generation of technologies that produce a lithium hydroxide product of equal or greater quality than with these conventional processes, however, through an electrochemical route that does not require the large-scale consumption and generation of chemical agents.
As ABTC continues to scale its commercial facilities, it is developing long-term predictive models that can quantify the performance of its electrochemical lithium hydroxide conversion systems over multiple years of operations. Through this
These particle accelerator trials of the ABTC electrochemical conversion system at the APS will generate vast amounts of data, and fortunately the Argonne team recently constructed the Aurora Exascale Supercomputer, one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, that is specifically purposed to work in combination with the Advanced Photon Source; Aurora and the upgraded Advanced Photon Source to power discovery at Argonne.
ABTC is commercializing these advanced lithium hydroxide manufacturing technologies for integration into the lithium processing trains for both its critical mineral recycling facilities and its ‘claystone-to-lithium hydroxide’ refinery near Tonopah, Nevada.
The company’s collaboration with Argonne is part of a broader strategy to advance domestically manufactured critical minerals to reduce reliance on foreign supply chains and support U.S. energy security. ABTC is also engaged in key innovative projects with other leading U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories, including Idaho National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
About American Battery Technology Company
American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), headquartered in Reno, Nevada, has pioneered first-of-kind technologies to unlock domestically manufactured and recycled battery metals critically needed to help meet the significant demand from the electric vehicle, stationary storage, and consumer electronics industries. Committed to a circular supply chain for battery metals, ABTC works to continually innovate and master new battery metals technologies that power a global transition to electrification and the future of sustainable energy.
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