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Blue Whale Materials Marks Bartlesville Facility Expansion with Senator Lankford and Oklahoma State Leaders
Blue Whale Materials (BWM), a leader in sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling and critical minerals supply chain development, is today, hosting a Beam Signing Ceremony to celebrate the start of a major expansion at its Bartlesville, Oklahoma facility.
By Blue Whale Materials · Via Business Wire · November 10, 2025
Blue Whale Materials Commissions Baseline Plant in Bartlesville to Advance U.S. Battery Recycling Expansion
Blue Whale Materials (BWM), a leader in sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling and critical minerals supply chain development, today announced the commissioning of its baseline black mass production facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Once commissioning is complete, the plant will be capable of processing up to 14,000 tonnes of battery manufacturing scrap annually, producing Blacksand™ — BWM’s proprietary, high-purity black mass containing cobalt, nickel and lithium.
By Blue Whale Materials · Via Business Wire · September 30, 2025
Blue Whale Materials Announces Strategic Partnership with Call2Recycle to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling in North America
Blue Whale Materials (BWM), a leader in lithium-ion battery recycling, announced a strategic partnership today with Call2Recycle, the leading battery stewardship organization in North America. As a result of the partnership, Blue Whale Materials’ state-of-the-art sorting and recycling facility in Bartlesville, OK. will receive and process batteries brought into Call2Recycle's national network, which collects spent batteries across the United States.
By Blue Whale Materials · Via Business Wire · February 17, 2025
Blue Whale Materials Awarded $55 Million DOE Grant to Expand Bartlesville, OK Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility
Blue Whale Materials (BWM), a leader in advanced lithium-ion battery recycling, has received a contracted grant award of over $55 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Program.
By Blue Whale Materials · Via Business Wire · January 8, 2025
Alus and Blue Whale Materials Sign Letter of Intent to Accelerate U.S. Battery Materials Market Entry
Alus, a leading Korean aluminum specialist, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with U.S.-based lithium-ion battery recycling company Blue Whale Materials (BWM). This strategic partnership aims to facilitate Alus's entry into the U.S. market and bolster BWM's production capacity for high-grade recycled black mass containing cobalt, nickel, and lithium.
By Blue Whale Materials · Via Business Wire · December 11, 2024
Blue Whale Materials Selected for $55 Million DOE Award Negotiation to Expand Bartlesville, OK Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility
Blue Whale Materials (BWM), a leader in advanced lithium-ion battery recycling, has been selected for negotiation of an award of over $55 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Program.
By Blue Whale Materials · Via Business Wire · September 20, 2024
Blue Whale Materials Selects Bartlesville, Oklahoma for its First Commercial-Scale Li-Ion Battery Processing Facility
Blue Whale Materials, a leader in sustainable li-ion battery recycling, proudly announces an inaugural li-ion battery processing facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. This strategic milestone underscores the company's commitment to advance the domestic li-ion battery supply chain and create US sources of critical minerals for the green energy transition.
By Blue Whale Materials · Via Business Wire · September 20, 2023
Blue Whale Materials Acquires Eclipse Energy, Announces New Subsidiary to Expand Battery Testing and Evaluation Business
Blue Whale Materials, a leading lithium-ion (li-ion) battery recycling company, announced today that it has acquired Eclipse Energy, a Greenfield, IN-based battery testing and evaluation lab. The acquisition will enable Blue Whale Materials to expand its testing offerings to cover the entire life cycle of batteries, from initial testing to end-of-life evaluation for remanufacturing or reuse in secondary applications.
By Blue Whale Materials · Via Business Wire · May 2, 2023