American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), an American critical battery materials company that is commercializing both its primary battery minerals manufacturing and secondary minerals lithium-ion battery recycling technologies, continues to leverage top talent, in-house technologies, strategic partnerships, and federal investments to progress supply of domestically-sourced lithium-ion battery metals. ABTC CEO Ryan Melsert highlighted the company's capabilities and progress in a presentation to National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Arati Prabhakar on their recent visit to Northern Nevada.
"We are proud to be part of the Nevada community that is at the forefront of working to build the domestic lithium-ion battery supply chain," stated ABTC CEO Ryan Melsert. "We have been fortunate enough to have been awarded four competitive grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance both our lithium-ion battery recycling and our primary lithium hydroxide manufacturing facilities, and we enjoyed the opportunity to detail the progress of these current and prospective future projects with Director Panchanathan and Director Prabhakar, and to partner with the University of Nevada, Reno to advance the domestic lithium-ion battery circular economy."
While there is a large number of battery cell and electric vehicle manufacturing facilities under construction in the U.S., there is a large void in the domestic supply chain upstream of these facilities resulting in a significant shortage in the amount of domestic and environmentally responsible battery materials required to feed these facilities. ABTC is working to address this shortfall by commercializing its technologies both for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries and for the manufacturing of battery grade lithium hydroxide from its domestic Nevada-based sedimentary claystone resource.
ABTC is a member of the team supporting the University of Nevada, Reno's NSF Regional Engines Development project for "Advancing the circular economy for lithium batteries" and has strategically developed public-private partnerships to accelerate the manufacturing of domestic battery metals from secondary and primary sources to strengthen the U.S. battery metals supply chain.
In addition to this recent NSF funded project, ABTC has been awarded several competitive awards from private corporations and the federal government.
