Status
Operational: Operating
Process: mechanical + hydrometallurgy. Capacity: not published.
CATL recycling arm; recovered nickel, cobalt and lithium go back into CATL precursor and cathode supply.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Brunp Recycling (CATL) |
| Plant | Ningxiang Recycling Base |
| City | Ningxiang |
| State or province | Hunan |
| Country | China |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | mechanical + hydrometallurgy |
| Output stage | battery-grade salts |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Operating; Brunp main hydromet base |
| Scale | commercial |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | No |
| Geopolitical exposure | HIGH |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
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.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia Recycling Plant (IBC project) (Brunp Recycling (CATL)) | Indonesia | under construction |
| Yichang Recycling Base (Brunp Recycling (CATL subsidiary)) | China | operational |
| Xinyu Recycling Plant (Ganfeng Lithium Recycling) | China | operational |
| Wuhan Recycling Base (GEM) | China | operational |
| Jingmen Recycling Hub (GEM (Green Eco-Manufacture)) | China | operational |
| Quzhou Recycling Base (Huayou Cobalt) | China | operational |
| Tongxiang Recycling Division (Huayou Cobalt Recycling) | China | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Ningxiang Recycling Base (Brunp Recycling (CATL))
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10