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Critical Mineral Recycling / Urban Mining

Manufacturing ProcessIN

Recovery of critical minerals from fly ash, tailings, red mud and end-of-life products (e-waste, spent batteries).

Industrial ProcessCritical Minerals
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Industrial importance3/5

Initial score derived from current Atlas ecosystem coverage.

Strategic importance3/5

Initial score derived from relationship breadth and entity type.

Import dependency2/5

Domestic entity; dependency must be resolved at component/process level.

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  • producesCobalt- Spent Li-ion batteries are a target feedstock for cobalt recovery.
  • producesLithium- Spent Li-ion batteries are a target feedstock under the recycling scheme.
  • producesRare Earth Elements (magnet: Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb)- Recovery of REEs from end-of-life magnets and e-waste is a target stream of the Rs.1,500 cr recycling scheme.
  • producesNatural Graphite- Spent Li-ion battery anodes are a target feedstock for graphite recovery.