>Extraction of lithium from old batteries is five times more expensive as mining lithium.
Even as an upper bound that's still a silly thing to say. It means comparing a lab-scale extraction with massive multinational, highly-automated mining operations. At scale lithium recycling would certainly be much cheaper than five times more expensive.
Even as an upper bound that's still a silly thing to say. It means comparing a lab-scale extraction with massive multinational, highly-automated mining operations. At scale lithium recycling would certainly be much cheaper than five times more expensive.