How Metastable Materials is recovering critical metals from used batteries
India imports most of the critical metals needed to manufacture batteries, leaving the industry heavily dependent on global supply chains. At the same time, domestic battery waste continues to accumulate. Used lithium-ion batteries are often treated as hazardous waste, with conventional recycling methods requiring energy-intensive processes or chemical treatments to recover their raw materials.
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Bengaluru-based Metastable Materials sees an opportunity in that waste. Founded in October 2021 by IIT Roorkee graduates Shubham Vishvakarma and Manikumar Uppala, the startup treats spent batteries as high-grade ore that can be refined to recover valuable metals.
The idea took shape during Vishvakarma’s final year in college, when he was researching lithium-ion battery chemistry. Before starting Metastable, Uppala spent three and a half years as an industrial engineer at NBC Bearings, part of the CK Birla Group, specialising in…
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