From scrap battery to pure ingot

The transformation

01
Collection

Collection

Used batteries gathered from recyclers, workshops and industry.

02
Breaking & separation

Breaking & separation

Crushed and screened to split lead, acid, plastic and paste.

03
Smelting

Smelting

Reduced in a furnace to molten crude lead.

04
Refining

Refining

Fire-refined and alloyed to exact grade and purity.

05
Casting

Casting

Poured into ingot moulds — cooling from glow to silver-grey.