Status
Operational: Opened September 2023
Process: mechanical. Capacity: 10,000 t/yr (First line (Li-Cycle, 2023)).
Largest Li-Cycle spoke in Europe.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Glencore (formerly Li-Cycle) |
| Plant | Magdeburg Spoke |
| City | Magdeburg |
| State or province | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Country | Germany |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | mechanical |
| Output stage | black mass |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 10000 |
| Capacity basis | First line (Li-Cycle, 2023) |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Opened September 2023; acquired by Glencore August 2025; operating status unverified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2023 |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | Yes |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: glencore.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.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston Spoke (Glencore (formerly Li-Cycle)) | Canada | operational |
| Rochester Hub (Glencore (formerly Li-Cycle)) | USA | paused |
| Krefeld Plant (Accurec Recycling) | Germany | operational |
| Schwarzheide Black Mass Plant (BASF) | Germany | operational |
| Leipzig Battery Refurbishment (BMW Second Life) | Germany | operational |
| Hilchenbach Plant (Primobius (SMS group and Neometals)) | Germany | operational |
| Multiple EU Sites (REMONDIS Battery Recycling) | Germany | operational |
| Salzgitter Recycling Pilot Plant (Volkswagen Group Components) | Germany | operational |
| Dormagen Plant (Cylib) | Germany | under construction |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Magdeburg Spoke (Glencore (formerly Li-Cycle))
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10