Direct Lithium Extraction Extends to Battery Recycling. Adionics’ technology can recover high-purity lithium from battery black mass.
Direct lithium extraction (DLE) is a concept making big inroads in lithium mining due to its process efficiencies and sustainability benefits. Now Les Ulis, France-based Adionics is announcing a new version of the company’s Flionex lithium-extraction media that can now successfully recover high-purity lithium from battery black mass, the shredded remains of lithium-ion batteries in the recycling process, and returning it to battery production.