Britishvolt and Glencore team up for Kent battery recycling plant

Cecilia Keating
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Britishvolt and Glencore team up for Kent battery recycling plant

Plant will be able to process tens of thousands of old electric vehicle and electronics batteries, according to strategic partners

The company behind the UK's first battery gigafactory and mining giant Glencore have revealed they are are to partner on plans for a battery recycling facility in Kent that would be able to process 10,000...

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