Reno, Nevada, January 28, 2025 – American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) announced its recent participation in several significant international forums, including the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos, Switzerland, and the global Round Table on Sustainable Development in Paris, France. At these events, ABTC’s leadership underscored the continued and growing need for domestically-sourced battery minerals manufacturing in the United States and globally.
Ryan Melsert, CEO of ABTC, delivered the keynote address at the Round Table on Sustainable Development in Paris. This event brought together CEOs from energy and mining corporations, members of parliament, and energy policy makers. Melsert’s address focused on the strategic advancements ABTC has made in commercializing its recycling and critical mineral operations. He highlighted the company’s success in deploying its battery recycling facilities and innovative claystone-to-lithium hydroxide refinery processes. The company aims to create a circular battery economy through its integrated business solutions, which include recycling, mining, and battery metals manufacturing, while simultaneously boosting America’s role in the worldwide battery value chain.
Batteries are essential to a wide array of modern technologies, from electric vehicles and medical devices to defense systems and energy storage. However, the global supply chain is currently dominated by a limited number of players, rendering it concentrated and unsustainable. ABTC’s goal is to offer the chance to localize operations and reduce reliance on external markets. ABTC has successfully scaled and deployed the initial phases of its battery recycling technology. This technology utilizes a deconstruction process combined with a selective hydrometallurgical process, rendering it agnostic to feedstocks.
ABTC’s recycling process is crucial to manufacturing domestically-sourced battery minerals, although recycling alone cannot meet current demand. Given that, the company simultaneously developed claystone-to-lithium hydroxide manufacturing processes, showing its ability to extract and refine battery-grade materials domestically, thereby fostering U.S. energy independence. The surge in demand for clean energy technologies has fueled a notable rise in lithium demand, with demand for nickel, cobalt, graphite, and rare earth elements also increasing. ABTC is working to address those hurdles.
ABTC seeks to create regional and circular value chains to enhance supply chain resilience, lessen environmental impact, and promote economic development.
“Demand for critical battery minerals is accelerating at an unprecedented pace,” Melsert stated. “Our solutions support the transition to energy security while fostering ethical and sustainable practices throughout the global supply chain. This is not just an opportunity—it’s a responsibility we all share.”
About the Events
The Round Table on Sustainable Development, hosted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), brings together global leaders to address complex sustainability challenges.
The World Economic Forum 2025 in Davos gathered leaders from various sectors to discuss and address local, regional, and global challenges.
The Future Minerals Forum, with 14,000 participants from 178 countries, is a catalyst for global collaboration, bringing together governments, international organizations, and stakeholders to shape the minerals industry’s future.
About American Battery Technology Company
American Battery Technology Company (ABTC), headquartered in Reno, Nevada, is dedicated to the innovation of technologies for the domestic manufacturing and recycling of battery metals needed in growing industries. They are committed to a circular supply chain for battery metals, powering a global transition to electrification and sustainable energy.
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