Ecobat completes lithium recycling sale

Ecobat said on September 2 that it had closed the sale of its lithium recycling business, handing over its lithium-ion battery recycling operations and assets in Casa Grande, Arizona. The Dallas-based battery recycler disclosed the completed transaction in a press release and said the deal covered the Arizona lithium business, but it did not name the buyer or give financial terms. The sale removes a business that Ecobat had been building out only recently. Ecobat said in April 2025 that Casa Grande was one of three fully operational lithium-ion battery recycling plants in its network, alongside Hettstedt, Germany, and Darlaston, England. Together, those three plants were described by the company as having capacity to process up to 10,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries annually, with plans to scale to 25,000 tons. (finance.yahoo.com) ### What exactly changed in Arizona? Casa Grande, Arizona, was Ecobat’s main disclosed U.S. lithium-ion recycling site. Ecobat’s location page says the facility opened in 2023 and repurposes end-of-life lithium-ion batteries through diagnostics, sorting, shredding and material separation to produce black mass, the intermediate material that contains recoverable battery metals. April 2024 was the commissioning date Ecobat gave for Casa Grande when it outlined the plant’s role in North America. (ecobat.com) At that time, the company said the site worked with automotive original equipment manufacturers, battery manufacturers and e-waste recyclers, and that it supported processing and recovery of black mass for North American and global markets. (ecobat.com) ### Why is Casa Grande notable inside Ecobat’s lithium buildout? February 2023 was when Ecobat first announced it would build the Casa Grande plant, calling it its first North American lithium-ion battery recycling facility. The company said then that the site would initially produce 10,000 estimated tons of recycled material per year, with room for expansion as lithium battery recycling demand grew. (ecobat.com) Black mass was the product at the center of that strategy. Ecobat said in its April 2025 update that the material produced at Casa Grande and its two European plants was rich in lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and graphite, and was intended to feed a closed-loop battery supply chain. ### Did Ecobat say who bought the business? Ecobat’s September 2 announcement, as reflected in syndicated coverage, said only that the company had completed the sale of its lithium recycling business and that the transaction covered the Casa Grande operations and assets. (ecobat.com) The release excerpt available through search results did not identify the acquirer or disclose the purchase price. (ecobat.com) September 2025 offers a recent parallel. Ecobat separately announced last year that it had sold its Arizona anode manufacturing business to Inppamet Ltda., describing that deal as another portfolio-streamlining step, but that earlier transaction involved a different Arizona asset focused on lead anodes for mining rather than lithium-ion battery recycling. (finance.yahoo.com) ### What does Ecobat still say it does after the sale? Ecobat’s website still advertises lithium-ion recycling services through Ecobat Solutions. The company says that business offers collection, transportation, diagnostics and recycling services for lithium-ion scrap, and a North America battery recycling request page says Ecobat is actively bidding on lithium-ion scrap material in North America. Lead remains the clearest fully described recycling business on Ecobat’s site. (prnewswire.com) Ecobat says more than 80% of the lead it provides comes from recycling, and its sustainability page describes lead recycling as a core part of its closed-loop network in the United States and Europe. September 2 is the latest dated milestone Ecobat has given on the lithium divestiture. Any next disclosure would likely come through a follow-up company filing, website update or buyer announcement naming the acquirer and terms of the Casa Grande transaction. (ecobat.com 1) (ecobat.com 2)