Aqua Metals to Open World's First Lead Battery Recycling Plant Next Year

Aqua Metals (NASDAQ:AQMS) is set to open the world’s first lead acid battery recycling plant in Nevada next year, Digital Trends reported. The company broke ground on its new AquaRefinery on August 23.
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This newest addition to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center will include a 125,000 square foot recycling plant. The company expects to begin production in the second quarter of 2016. Aqua Metals is aiming to hit an output of 80 metric tons of lead by fourth quarter 2016, their maximum output.
This isn’t your grandfather’s lead recycler. AquaRefining is a modular electrochemical process designed to produce ultra-pure lead from used lead-acid batteries. The clean, trademarked method produces almost no emissions and consumes less total energy, therefore making it more cost-effective than traditional lead smelting. The AquaRefining tech was created to improve the refining process, reducing costs and toxic waste produced during conventional lead-acid battery recycling. The concept means a  better product with a higher lead yield, and all that done with a smelting plant that is less expensive to build than a conventional facility and less harmful to the environment.

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