Battery Precursor Materials from Industrial and Mining Waste Streams

Competitive advantage

• Critical elements can be selectively extracted via world-class leaching and complexation techniques
• Expertise in the synthesis of magnetic electrochemically reactive ‘carrier’ materials for selective and easy recovery of extracted critical elements
• Ability to regenerate ‘carrier’ materials to create an environmentally friendly and sustainable process

Impact

• Adding value to waste streams through the recovery of critical elements is good for the economy, society and environment
• More economical and sustainable management of industrial and mining waste streams

Successful applications

• Recovery of gold, copper, lead and zinc from electronic wastes and mine-impacted soils via galvanic interactions.

Capabilities and facilities

• Extensive laboratory facilities for extraction, recovery and electrochemical-based studies
• Expertise and analysis facilities for studying surface deposition mechanisms, complexation and redox reactions and solid-liquid interfacial interactions