Status
Operational: status carried from the legacy record
Process: hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 3,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Quebec-based hydromet recycler; IRA FTA-eligible; hydro-powered low-carbon process; Investissement Qu??bec supported; part of Quebec battery supply chain cluster.
Customers and offtakers: Multiple Canadian OEMs.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Lithion Recycling |
| Plant | Montreal Hydromet Plant |
| City | Montreal |
| State or province | Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | hydrometallurgy |
| Output stage | battery-grade salts |
| Input chemistries | NMC, LFP |
| Output products | Li / Co / Ni / Mn salts |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 3000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Status carried from the legacy record; not re-verified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2022 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.1 |
| Customers and offtakers | Multiple Canadian OEMs |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | No |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trail Plant (Cirba Solutions (formerly Retriev)) | Canada | operational |
| Kingston Spoke (Glencore (formerly Li-Cycle)) | Canada | operational |
| Burnaby Second Life Plant (Moment Energy) | Canada | operational |
| Ontario Direct Recycling Hub (Electra Battery Materials) | Canada | under construction |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Montreal Hydromet Plant (Lithion Recycling)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10