South Carolina Campus

Redwood Materials · Ridgeville, USA · Battery-grade salts

Battery recycling plant operated by Redwood Materials in Ridgeville, USA. Status: operational.

South Carolina Campus: recycling plant illustration with pack, shredder, black mass, leach tanks and salt bags; Battery-grade salts, status operational, USA Battery-grade salts Operational USA
Capacity
20,000 t/yr
Process
Mechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output
Battery-grade salts
Hub
Supply Chain

Status

Operational: Started recovering battery materials in November 2025

Process: mechanical + hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 20,000 t/yr (Initial recovery capacity (2025)).

East Coast recycling hub serving Southeast US gigafactory cluster; proximity to BMW Spartanburg, VW Chattanooga, Scout Blythewood, Ford BlueOval; $3.5B DOE-supported.

Customers and offtakers: Ford / Volkswagen / BMW.

Plant record

Plant record

South Carolina Campus (Redwood Materials)
CompanyRedwood Materials
PlantSouth Carolina Campus
CityRidgeville
State or provinceSouth Carolina
CountryUSA
TypeRecycler
Processmechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output stagebattery-grade salts
Input chemistriesNMC, LFP, NCA
Output productsBlack mass; CAM (East Coast supply)
Capacity (t/yr input)20000
Capacity basisInitial recovery capacity (2025)
Statusoperational
Status noteStarted recovering battery materials in November 2025; CAM and later phases delayed
Scalecommercial
Start year2025
Investment (US$ billion)3.5
Customers and offtakersFord / Volkswagen / BMW
OEM partnershipsFord BlueOval SK; VW Scout
Under EU Battery RegulationNo
Geopolitical exposureLOW
Record updated2026-10

Official site: redwoodmaterials.com

In context

Where it fits

Listed in EV Battery Recycling Facilities. Recyclers are compared on where they stop: shredding to black mass, smelting to alloy, or refining to battery-grade salts that go back into cathode plants; only refining keeps the metal in the region. See Battery Recycling for the process and the market.

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Sources

Sources and scope

Scope
South Carolina Campus (Redwood Materials)
Sources
ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
Updated
2026-10