Observed arrival · 2026-10-05

A calculator for the economics of black mass

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A free calculator estimates battery-recycling revenue and margin per tonne using black-mass chemistry, metal prices, feedstock terms, and recycling route.

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For: Battery-recycling analysts, traders, and students
Worth noticing: It distinguishes nickel/cobalt payables from LFP pricing per lithium percentage point, and also offers a flat-price mode.

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Inputs include feedstock grades, moisture, metal prices, payables, recovery, realization, and route-related costs. The page says its route defaults draw on Argonne's EverBatt and explains how moisture scales dry-tonne assumptions to black mass as received. It also separates lithium pricing by percentage point from conventional metal payables, with a flat-price option that can represent a gate fee.

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