The United Arab Emirates has revealed plans for a state-of-the-art facility that will recycle around 58% of the lead acid battery scrap generated in the country.
Royal Gulf Industries aims to recycle up to 35,000 metric tonnes of used lead-acid batteries annually to produce 21,500 tonnes of lead ingots and 2,400 metric tonnes of plastic granules.
The materials will be exported to India, Japan, Korea, China and Europe for the manufacturing of new lead acid batteries and cases.
The facility at Al Ghail Industrial Zone is due to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of this year.
Royal Gulf is a subsidiary of Hyderabad Castings and part of Nakhat Group.
The new company is set to invest AED 62.4 million ($17 million) to construct the battery recycling centre on approximately 110,000 ft2 of land.
Hanuman Mal Nakhat, chairman of Royal Gulf Industries, said the company aimed to collect waste batteries not just from the UAE, but also import from around the world to make Ras Al Khaimah a hub for recycling.
Dubai’s other battery recycler
In March, Dubatt Battery Recycling broke ground on a AED110 million ($30 million) plant in Dubai that will recycle 35% of the UAE’s total scrap lead-acid battery market.
Plans also include setting up a lead-acid battery production plant within two years as part of the firm’s vertical integration and expansion goal to manufacture ‘Made in UAE’ batteries.
