Tongxiang Recycling Division

Huayou Cobalt Recycling · Tongxiang, China · Battery-grade salts

Battery recycling plant operated by Huayou Cobalt Recycling in Tongxiang, China. Status: operational.

Tongxiang Recycling Division: recycling plant illustration with pack, shredder, black mass, leach tanks and salt bags; Battery-grade salts, status operational, China Battery-grade salts Operational China
Capacity
50,000 t/yr
Process
Hydrometallurgy
Output
Battery-grade salts
Hub
Supply Chain

Status

Operational: status carried from the legacy record

Process: hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 50,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).

Huayou recycling integrated with pCAM production; recovered Co and Ni feeds Tongxiang pCAM lines directly; closed loop at pCAM level; largest Chinese NMC recycler.

Customers and offtakers: CATL / LGES / Samsung SDI.

Plant record

Plant record

Tongxiang Recycling Division (Huayou Cobalt Recycling)
CompanyHuayou Cobalt Recycling
PlantTongxiang Recycling Division
CityTongxiang
State or provinceZhejiang
CountryChina
TypeRecycler
Processhydrometallurgy
Output stagebattery-grade salts
Input chemistriesNMC, NCA
Output productsCo / Ni salts; pCAM (captive)
Capacity (t/yr input)50000
Capacity basisLegacy figure; not re-verified
Statusoperational
Status noteStatus carried from the legacy record; not re-verified
Scalecommercial
Start year2015
Investment (US$ billion)0.5
Customers and offtakersCATL / LGES / Samsung SDI
OEM partnershipsCATL primary
Under EU Battery RegulationNo
Geopolitical exposureHIGH
Record updated2026-10

Official site: huayou.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.

Other plants of Huayou Cobalt Recycling and other plants in China
PlantCountryStatus
Yichang Recycling Base (Brunp Recycling (CATL subsidiary))Chinaoperational
Ningxiang Recycling Base (Brunp Recycling (CATL))Chinaoperational
Xinyu Recycling Plant (Ganfeng Lithium Recycling)Chinaoperational
Wuhan Recycling Base (GEM)Chinaoperational
Jingmen Recycling Hub (GEM (Green Eco-Manufacture))Chinaoperational
Quzhou Recycling Base (Huayou Cobalt)Chinaoperational

Sources

Sources and scope

Scope
Tongxiang Recycling Division (Huayou Cobalt Recycling)
Sources
ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
Updated
2026-10