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Just silent, relentless execution

I can’t help but recall the lines from an article that appeared in ‘Batteries International’ a couple of years back.

“In the otherwise noisy and often baffling battery recycling industry, one company in India stands apart. No dramatic media soundbites, no maverick founder making bold claims, no savvy VC announcement and no quotes from some poster-boy scientist. Just silent, relentless execution. Thats what makes Rubamin interesting.”

The people at Rubamin are working to tackle the real challenge—scaling hydrometallurgical battery recycling to an industrial level.

The Missing Link: True Industrial-Scale Recycling

Dozens of companies claim to have breakthrough solutions yet, most struggle with a fundamental issue: experience in large-scale metal recovery.

Hydrometallurgical recycling for extracting valuable metals like lithium, nickel, and cobalt—comes with formidable challenges:
• High capital costs of setting up an advanced, sustainable facility.
• Operational Complexities stemming from highly variable feedstock composition.
• Environmental and human health demands world class expertise to handle hazardous chemicals, toxic waste, and safety risks.
• Limited feedstock availability making it difficult to secure consistent feedstock.
• Extremely low metal prices are making it financially challenging to sustain operations.

Many newcomers remain stuck, unable to scale their processes beyond controlled lab conditions and others are scaling back investments. Despite the headwinds, Rubamin is investing for the long term, knowing that as India’s battery ecosystem matures, a steady supply of feedstock will emerge.

Armed with 40 years of experience in recycling, cutting-edge R&D, Swiss-knife processes and a workforce of over 1,000 skilled professionals, Rubamin has already begun trials at its new industrial-scale facility in Gujarat.

It’s world class black mass recycling facility will be a fully-integrated LIB recycling complex with:

• Advanced Battery Shredding System in inert environment for ensuring minimal fire hazard.

• Electrolyte recovery in shredding for worker health and safety of communities in surrounding areas. No battery shredding facility in India is currently capturing electrolytes which are carcinogenic and escape during processing.

• Battery testing & discharging capabilities for providing maximum value to EV OEMs and battery manufacturers.

Currently, most pre-process units in India export black mass, leading to a massive loss of valuable materials. India’s battery manufacturers remain dependent on costly imports for key battery metals. Rubamin is committed to retaining and refining India’s critical resources, delivering high-purity recovered metals to fuel the country’s battery ecosystem.

Rubamin is proving that deep expertise, industrial-scale execution, and a long-term vision can charge India’s transition to a sustainable, circular battery economy.