• 7. August 2025
  • Market: Metals

Argus is introducing black mass payable assessments for the China market — the single largest black mass market in the world, given the sheer size of its battery metals, battery and electric vehicle (EV) sectors. As EVs continue to displace internal combustion engine vehicles’ market share, battery recycling to extract critical minerals is also taking off, with metals recycling playing a bigger part in the supply chain

Read the full paper to gain insight on key market considerations, like:

  • Are EVs here to stay?
  • Are Recycled materials on the rise?
  • Is black mass hazardous waste?
  • Which battery chemistries make the most sense to recycle?

Black mass payable assessment introduced for China market

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