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Timeline

  1. Assistant Secretary Audrey Robertson announces the 'leapfrog' innovation strategy at CFR.

  2. Projected window for significant gains in domestic black mass recycling output.

  3. End of the 24-month window set by industry experts to significantly reduce Chinese dependence.

  4. Office Formation

    DOE establishes the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation.

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Climate Policy Bullish

US Targets China's Mineral Dominance with Battery Recycling Innovation

The US Department of Energy is pivoting toward advanced e-waste recycling and multi-mineral processing to break China's decades-long monopoly on critical minerals. Assistant Secretary Audrey Robertson highlights 'black mass' recovery and flexible refining flow sheets as the primary catalysts for this strategic shift.

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