Today, we'll be unpacking these assessments, understanding the opportunities and challenges that black mass market offers, and what the future of this developing battery metal market looks like. Platts have launched nine daily black mass assessments in response to this market demand. The recycling of black mass has become increasingly important and a supplement to virgin material supply, as well as reducing the carbon footprint in the battery supply chain. When batteries reach the end of life, it can be collected, dismantled, and shredded to produce black mass, a type of electronic waste from which critical materials including lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese can be extracted. Hello and welcome to the Platts Future Energy podcast by S&P Global Commodity Insights, where today, we'll be talking about battery recycling, or black mass as it's commonly referred to.īlack mass will play a critical role in the future supply of battery raw materials. This episode of the Platts Future Energy podcast aims to explore the challenges and opportunities facing the market, unpack these new price assessments, and answer the question of whether black mass has the potential to address the looming supply deficits.Ĭlick here to learn more about Platts nine new daily black mass spot price assessments for China and Europe. Platts, part of S&P Commodity Insights, has launched the publication of daily black mass assessments, which will provide greater transparency and understanding of how the market actually operates, especially as there is currently a lack of standardisation and comprehensive coverage in the black mass market.
The recycling of black mass has become increasingly important as a supplement to virgin material supply and to reduce the carbon footprint of the battery supply chain. Battery production offcuts and end-of-life batteries are collected, dismantled and shredded to produce black mass from which critical materials such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese can be extracted.
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