Yichang Recycling Base

Brunp Recycling (CATL subsidiary) · Yichang, China · Battery-grade salts

Battery recycling plant operated by Brunp Recycling (CATL subsidiary) in Yichang, China. Status: operational.

Yichang Recycling Base: 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
80,000 t/yr
Process
Mechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output
Battery-grade salts
Hub
Supply Chain

Status

Operational: Operating

Process: mechanical + hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 80,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).

CATL's captive recycling arm; Brunp + CATL + GEM triangle JV; Yichang Hubei; feeds CATL cell production with recycled pCAM; most strategically closed loop in global battery industry.

Customers and offtakers: CATL (captive).

Plant record

Plant record

Yichang Recycling Base (Brunp Recycling (CATL subsidiary))
CompanyBrunp Recycling (CATL subsidiary)
PlantYichang Recycling Base
CityYichang
State or provinceHubei
CountryChina
TypeRecycler
Processmechanical + hydrometallurgy
Output stagebattery-grade salts
Input chemistriesNMC, LFP
Output productsBlack mass; pCAM (CATL captive)
Capacity (t/yr input)80000
Capacity basisLegacy figure; not re-verified
Statusoperational
Status noteOperating
Scalecommercial
Start year2014
Investment (US$ billion)0.8
Customers and offtakersCATL (captive)
OEM partnershipsCATL internal
Under EU Battery RegulationNo
Geopolitical exposureHIGH
Record updated2026-10

Official site: catl.com/en

In context

Where it fits

Listed in EV Battery Recycling Facilities; owner profile: CATL. 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 Brunp Recycling (CATL subsidiary) and other plants in China
PlantCountryStatus
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
Tongxiang Recycling Division (Huayou Cobalt Recycling)Chinaoperational

Sources

Sources and scope

Scope
Yichang Recycling Base (Brunp Recycling (CATL subsidiary))
Sources
ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
Updated
2026-10