Facility

Mitsubishi Materials Onahama Lithium Recycling Pilot

Primary-source record for Mitsubishi Materials Onahama Lithium Recycling Pilot. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with lithium-ion-battery-black-mass as input and technical-grade-lithium-carbonate as output. Current state was rechecked for the Phase 2 launch-date sweep on 2026-08-18.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 18, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan

Recycling

Mitsubishi Materials Onahama Lithium Recycling Pilot qualifying line

Commissioned

Hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from lithium-ion battery black mass

Material flow

Lithium-Ion Battery Black Mass → Technical-Grade Lithium Carbonate

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation · published Dec 6, 2023 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive