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Recycling electric car batteries could reduce mining of metals by up to 55%

Published 27 April 2021
By Kieran Ahuja
Widespread recycling of electric car batteries could reduce the need to mine some earth metals by as much as 55%, according to a new report.
Material used to make EV batteries now mined in UK

Researchers find way to produce lithium in UK

British researchers working on ways to source lithium for electric car batteries have extracted a precursor compound from UK rocks.
Published 21 January 2021