Facility

Nippon Chemical Industrial Iwaki Lithium Recovery Pilot

Primary-source record for Nippon Chemical Industrial Iwaki Lithium Recovery Pilot. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with lithium-ion-battery-black-mass as input and recycled-lithium-bearing-process-solution 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

Nippon Chemical Industrial Iwaki Lithium Recovery Pilot qualifying line

Commissioned

Pilot-scale hydrometallurgical lithium recovery from lithium-ion battery recycling feed

Material flow

Lithium-Ion Battery Black Mass → Recycled Lithium-Bearing Process Solution

Capacity

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

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources

Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry · published Aug 18, 2026 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive