Status
Operational: status carried from the legacy record
Process: hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 20,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
EcoPro recycling arm feeding EcoPro BM CAM plants directly; Cheongju co-located with EcoPro BM; closed-loop from recycled salts to CAM; SK On and LGES secondary customers.
Customers and offtakers: EcoPro BM (captive) / SK On / LGES.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | EcoPro CnG |
| Plant | Cheongju Recycling Plant |
| City | Pohang |
| State or province | North Gyeongsang |
| Country | South Korea |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | hydrometallurgy |
| Output stage | battery-grade salts |
| Input chemistries | NMC, NCA |
| Output products | Co / Ni / Mn / Li salts; EcoPro BM CAM |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 20000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Status carried from the legacy record; not re-verified; EcoPro CnG operates in Pohang |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2017 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.3 |
| Customers and offtakers | EcoPro BM (captive) / SK On / LGES |
| OEM partnerships | EcoPro BM captive |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | No |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: ecopro.co.kr
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.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Gwangyang Recycling Plant (POSCO HY Clean Metal) | South Korea | operational |
| Gunsan Recycling Plant (SungEel HiTech) | South Korea | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Cheongju Recycling Plant (EcoPro CnG)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10