Covington Georgia Spoke

Ascend Elements · Covington, USA · Battery-grade salts

Battery recycling plant operated by Ascend Elements in Covington, USA. Status: operational.

Covington Georgia Spoke: 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
15,000 t/yr
Process
Mechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output
Battery-grade salts
Hub
Supply Chain

Status

Operational: status carried from the legacy record

Process: mechanical + hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 15,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).

Ascend Elements Hydro-to-CAM direct synthesis bypasses pCAM step; DOE funded; Korean cell maker customers; IRA-eligible recycled content pathway; proprietary Hydro-to-CAM process.

Customers and offtakers: SK On / LGES / Samsung SDI.

Plant record

Plant record

Covington Georgia Spoke (Ascend Elements)
CompanyAscend Elements
PlantCovington Georgia Spoke
CityCovington
State or provinceGeorgia
CountryUSA
TypeRecycler
Processmechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output stagebattery-grade salts
Input chemistriesNMC, NCA
Output productsBlack mass; precursor CAM via Hydro-to-CAM
Capacity (t/yr input)15000
Capacity basisLegacy figure; not re-verified
Statusoperational
Status noteStatus carried from the legacy record; not re-verified
Scalecommercial
Start year2022
Investment (US$ billion)0.3
Customers and offtakersSK On / LGES / Samsung SDI
OEM partnershipsSK On BlueOval; LGES Ultium
Under EU Battery RegulationNo
Geopolitical exposureLOW
Record updated2026-10

Official site: ascendelements.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
Covington Georgia Spoke (Ascend Elements)
Sources
ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
Updated
2026-10