Ace Green Recycling has introduced its proprietary Grid Metallics Processing System (GMPS), a room-temperature solution designed to improve the efficiency and sustainability of lead battery recycling.
The GMPS enables recyclers to recover clean alloy metals – such as antimony and tin – directly from battery breaking systems, eliminating the need for conventional smelting furnaces.
By bypassing high-temperature processes, the GMPS not only streamlines lead battery recycling operations but also preserves valuable alloying elements that are typically lost during smelting. This is particularly timely given recent export restrictions on antimony from China, the world’s largest producer, which have intensified supply concerns and pricing volatility.
Ace’s system combines advanced physical separation with chemical washing techniques, allowing recyclers to boost throughput by up to 25% without expanding existing infrastructure. The technology is currently being deployed in Armenia, Taiwan, India and Thailand.
Key benefits of the GMPS include the preservation of alloying metals such as antimony and tin, reducing the need for virgin inputs, and enhanced smelting efficiency, freeing up furnace capacity and increasing overall output.
“Our new metallics cleaning system directly solves two major problems in lead recycling,” said Vipin Tyagi, CTO and co-founder of Ace. “It makes smelting capacity more efficient by processing grid metallics separately, and it prevents the loss of valuable alloying elements that are typically burned off during high-temperature smelting.”
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