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Recycling alone won't fix India's EV supply chain, refining will
Metastable Materials argues that recycling alone can't secure India's EV supply chain — domestic refining of critical minerals is the missing link to genuine self-reliance.
17 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026

Engineering energy sovereignty: India's deeptech revolution
On National Technology Day, Metastable Materials on how homegrown deep tech and battery-recycling innovation can engineer India's energy sovereignty and cut import dependence.
11 May 2026
11 May 2026

Earth Day 2026: why recycling lithium could matter more than mining it
This Earth Day, Metastable Materials makes the case that recycling lithium from spent batteries is cleaner, cheaper and more strategic for India than mining it.
22 Apr 2026
22 Apr 2026

Union Budget 2026: industry experts call for targeted reforms
Metastable Materials joins industry leaders in CNBC-TV18's Union Budget 2026 coverage, calling for targeted reforms to boost battery recycling, jobs and clean-tech innovation.
19 Jan 2026
19 Jan 2026

Start-up 2025: many hits, a few misses
The Hindu's 2025 start-up year-ender features Metastable Materials among Bengaluru's standout deep-tech ventures turning battery recycling into a scalable industry.
29 Dec 2025
29 Dec 2025

Battery recycling industry debates feasibility of zero-waste goals
Metastable Materials weighs in on whether zero-waste battery recycling is achievable, as demand for recovered lithium and critical minerals accelerates in India.
27 Oct 2025
27 Oct 2025

Battery recycling: a balancing act
An in-depth Autocar Professional feature on Metastable Materials' Integrated Cathode Recycling (ICR) technology and the balancing act of high-yield, low-waste battery recycling.
5 Aug 2024
5 Aug 2024

Metastable Materials plans to expand high-yield battery recycling capacity
Business Standard profiles Metastable Materials' plans to scale its high-yield lithium-ion battery recycling capacity and strengthen India's critical-mineral supply chain.
10 Apr 2024
10 Apr 2024

Battery waste as a strategic resource: the next opportunity for Indian industry
Metastable Materials on why India should treat battery waste as a strategic resource — a homegrown source of lithium, cobalt and nickel for the EV economy.
10 Aug 2026
10 Aug 2026

Beyond black mass: why India's battery recycling must move past semi-processing
Metastable Materials argues India's battery recyclers must move beyond exporting black mass to full refining, capturing more value from recovered critical minerals.
28 Jul 2026
28 Jul 2026

Metastable Materials battery recycling, Bengaluru
A YourStory interview with Metastable Materials on building Bengaluru's high-yield lithium-ion battery recycling operation and its circular-economy vision.
16 Jul 2026
16 Jul 2026

Why critical mineral refining will define India's next phase of electric mobility
Metastable Materials on why domestic critical-mineral refining, not just recycling, will define the next phase of India's electric mobility.
20 Jul 2026
20 Jul 2026

Authored article (June 2026 print edition)
Metastable Materials in Efficient Manufacturing on how deep tech and advanced materials science are reshaping battery recycling and domestic manufacturing.
5 Jun 2026
5 Jun 2026

Cover story
Metastable Materials headlines The Battery Magazine's May 2026 cover story on India's push toward high-recovery, refining-led lithium battery recycling.
14 May 2026
14 May 2026

National Technology Day: can India build strategic independence through deep tech
On National Technology Day, Metastable Materials on how deep tech and battery recycling can build India's strategic independence in critical minerals.
11 May 2026
11 May 2026

Earth Day 2026: end-of-life EV batteries threaten India's clean energy future
Metastable Materials tells ETV Bharat why unmanaged end-of-life EV batteries threaten India's clean-energy goals, and how recycling turns the risk into a resource.
22 Apr 2026
22 Apr 2026

Why recycling infrastructure is the missing link in India's EV push
Metastable Materials on why robust recycling infrastructure is the missing link in India's EV push and long-term critical-mineral security.
30 Mar 2026
30 Mar 2026

Net zero vs net extraction: are we just shifting the environmental burden? (Earth Day)
This Earth Day, Metastable Materials asks whether the energy transition is truly net-zero or merely shifting the burden — and how closed-loop recycling changes the math.
22 Apr 2026
22 Apr 2026

Are we solving one problem by creating another? The dark side of battery raw materials
Metastable Materials examines the hidden environmental cost of battery raw materials and how recycling critical minerals can break the extraction cycle.
18 Mar 2026
18 Mar 2026

Let's talk about reducing import dependency through circular mineral economies (Earth Day)
In Recycling Today, Metastable Materials on cutting import dependency by building circular mineral economies around recovered lithium, cobalt and nickel.
22 Apr 2026
22 Apr 2026

How the Critical Minerals Recycling Scheme can be India's fastest route to manufacturing sovereignty
Metastable Materials argues the Critical Minerals Recycling Scheme is India's fastest route to manufacturing sovereignty and a resilient battery supply chain.
9 Mar 2026
9 Mar 2026

Old smartphones to fighter jets: India's e-waste opportunity
India Today explores India's e-waste opportunity with Metastable Materials — recovering critical minerals from everything from old smartphones to defence systems.
23 Feb 2026
23 Feb 2026

India's EV revolution still runs on imported minerals — how recycling can change that
Metastable Materials on why India's EV revolution still depends on imported minerals, and how battery recycling can localise that supply.
3 Mar 2026
3 Mar 2026

Cover story
Metastable Materials features in The Battery Magazine's February 2026 cover story on scaling high-yield battery recycling in India.
9 Feb 2026
9 Feb 2026

Critical minerals: the backbone of India's EV revolution and economic strategy
Metastable Materials on why critical minerals are the backbone of India's EV revolution — and how recycling underpins the nation's economic strategy.
2 Feb 2026
2 Feb 2026

Union Budget 2026: will India unlock the future of critical mineral recycling?
Metastable Materials in The Week on what Union Budget 2026 must do to unlock India's critical-mineral recycling and battery-material self-reliance.
2 Feb 2026
2 Feb 2026

Climate-tech startups take centre stage in India's next phase of growth
On National Startup Day, Metastable Materials among the climate-tech startups driving India's next phase of sustainable, deep-tech-led growth.
16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026

Union Budget 2026: clean energy isn't just about capacity
Metastable Materials argues in The Week that clean energy is about more than capacity — battery recycling and critical-mineral security are India's next challenge.
30 Jan 2026
30 Jan 2026

How India's battery recycling industry evolved over a demanding 2025
Metastable Materials reviews how India's battery recycling industry matured through a demanding 2025 and what lies ahead for critical-mineral recovery.
31 Dec 2025
31 Dec 2025

Union Budget 2026: industry seeks execution push for EVs, batteries & storage
Metastable Materials joins industry voices seeking a Union Budget 2026 execution push for EVs, batteries, storage and domestic recycling.
29 Jan 2026
29 Jan 2026

India's EV industry year-end review 2025
Metastable Materials featured in EMobility+'s 2025 EV year-in-review on India's shift from rapid adoption to a maturing battery and recycling ecosystem.
31 Dec 2025
31 Dec 2025

Union Budget 2026 poised to boost India's battery recycling & ESG tech
Metastable Materials on how Union Budget 2026 could accelerate India's battery recycling, ESG technology and critical-mineral circularity.
27 Jan 2026
27 Jan 2026

Cover story
Metastable Materials headlines The Battery Magazine's December 2025 cover story on refining-led lithium-ion battery recycling in India.
12 Dec 2025
12 Dec 2025

Union Budget 2026: industry seeks stronger fiscal support on renewables & re-manufacturing
Metastable Materials calls for stronger Union Budget 2026 fiscal support for renewables, re-manufacturing and battery recycling in Energetica India.
23 Jan 2026
23 Jan 2026

Built to last or built to waste? How battery design shapes recycling
Metastable Materials on how battery design decisions today determine whether tomorrow's cells are built to last or built to waste — and how recyclable they'll be.
5 Dec 2025
5 Dec 2025

Customs duty & subsidy parity: EV ecosystem's Union Budget wishlist
Metastable Materials contributes to the EV ecosystem's Union Budget 2026 wishlist on customs-duty and subsidy parity for domestic battery recycling.
21 Jan 2026
21 Jan 2026

Smarter, cheaper, greener: how technology is transforming battery recycling
Metastable Materials on how smarter, cleaner technology is making battery recycling cheaper and greener while boosting critical-mineral recovery.
25 Nov 2025
25 Nov 2025

#PreBudgetAutoTalk: why Budget 2026 should prioritise EV battery recycling
Metastable Materials on why Union Budget 2026 should prioritise EV battery recycling to secure India's critical minerals and auto supply chain.
20 Jan 2026
20 Jan 2026
The dream of zero waste in battery recycling: reality or illusion?
Metastable Materials examines whether zero-waste battery recycling is reality or illusion, and how high-yield refining pushes recovery toward the ideal.
31 Oct 2025
31 Oct 2025

Budget 2026 expectations: EV & car recycling reforms as EV waste mounts
Metastable Materials on Union Budget 2026 expectations for EV and vehicle recycling reforms as India's battery waste rapidly mounts.
19 Jan 2026
19 Jan 2026

Future of critical mineral security lies in recycling, not mining
Metastable Materials argues India's critical-mineral security lies in recycling spent batteries, not new mining — a cleaner, faster path to self-reliance.
31 Oct 2025
31 Oct 2025

Circular charge: powering India's future with battery recycling (special feature)
Metastable Materials featured in The Battery Magazine on how battery recycling can power India's clean-energy future through circular critical-mineral supply.
24 Oct 2025
24 Oct 2025

Why India should treat dead batteries as strategic reserves
Metastable Materials in ET EnergyWorld on why India should treat dead lithium-ion batteries as strategic mineral reserves for its EV and clean-energy future.
21 Oct 2025
21 Oct 2025

Print special feature
Metastable Materials featured in The Battery Magazine's October 2025 special issue on advancing India's lithium-ion battery recycling.
21 Oct 2025
21 Oct 2025

Rethinking battery recycling for India's critical material security
Metastable Materials' co-founder on rethinking battery recycling as the foundation of India's critical-material security, in this EMobility+ interview.
19 Sep 2025
19 Sep 2025

A booster shot for the recycling sector
The Hindu BusinessLine features Metastable Materials on how the Critical Mineral incentive scheme delivers a booster shot to India's battery recycling sector.
15 Sep 2025
15 Sep 2025

Can recyclers be the next-generation suppliers of critical minerals?
Metastable Materials on how battery recyclers can become the next-generation suppliers of critical minerals for India's EV and electronics industries.
8 Sep 2025
8 Sep 2025

Battery repair: friend or foe to recycling?
Metastable Materials in ET EnergyWorld on whether battery repair helps or hinders recycling — and how both fit into a circular critical-mineral economy.
25 Aug 2025
25 Aug 2025

Recycling infrastructure vs EV adoption rates: is the world ready?
Metastable Materials asks whether recycling infrastructure is keeping pace with soaring EV adoption, and what India needs to close the gap.
25 Aug 2025
25 Aug 2025

Precision in the black mass: how engineering choices drive recovery rate
Metastable Materials on how precision engineering in black-mass processing drives higher recovery rates and purer recovered battery minerals.
13 Aug 2025
13 Aug 2025

Authored article print coverage
Metastable Materials featured in The Battery Magazine's August 2025 issue on high-recovery lithium-ion battery recycling.
12 Aug 2025
12 Aug 2025

Authored article print coverage
Metastable Materials in Manufacturing Today's August 2025 issue on its Integrated Cathode Recycling (ICR) technology for high-yield battery recovery.
5 Aug 2025
5 Aug 2025

India's e-waste revolution: a path to rare-earth security against China's monopoly
ET Auto features Metastable Materials on India's e-waste revolution as a path to rare-earth and critical-mineral security beyond China's monopoly.
18 Jul 2025
18 Jul 2025

Black mass to metal: refining for real value
Metastable Materials on moving from black mass to battery-grade metal — why domestic refining is where India captures real value from recycling.
26 Jun 2025
26 Jun 2025

Recycling is the new manufacturing: Metastable's circular EV vision
Metastable Materials shares its circular EV vision with Auto EVtimes: recycling as the new manufacturing for India's battery-material supply.
10 Jun 2025
10 Jun 2025

India's EV market is growing, so is battery waste — how to deal with it
Metastable Materials on managing India's mounting EV battery waste as electric-vehicle adoption accelerates across the country.
26 May 2025
26 May 2025

International print coverage (Recycling Magazine)
Metastable Materials featured in the international Recycling Magazine for its high-yield lithium-ion battery recycling from India.
22 May 2025
22 May 2025

The potential of recycled lithium
Metastable Materials on the untapped potential of recycled lithium to rival virgin material and secure India's battery supply chain.
28 Apr 2025
28 Apr 2025

India's climate drive shifts gears — but is it sustainable for all? (Earth Day)
This Earth Day, Metastable Materials asks whether India's climate drive is inclusive and sustainable — and how circular battery recycling helps.
22 Apr 2025
22 Apr 2025

Global e-waste crisis: how India can turn the problem into an opportunity
Metastable Materials on turning the global e-waste crisis into an opportunity by recovering critical minerals from discarded electronics and batteries.
22 Apr 2025
22 Apr 2025

Earth Day 2025: transitioning to renewable energy for a greener planet
Metastable Materials in Energetica India's Earth Day feature on the renewable-energy transition and the role of battery recycling in a greener planet.
22 Apr 2025
22 Apr 2025

How battery recycling can solve India's EV waste problem
Metastable Materials on how high-yield battery recycling can solve India's growing EV waste problem while recovering valuable critical minerals.
16 Apr 2025
16 Apr 2025

Authored article
Metastable Materials featured among EV Business Leaders in EMobility+'s Jan–Feb 2025 issue on India's battery recycling pioneers.
10 Mar 2025
10 Mar 2025

Why sustainable EV battery disposal should be a priority for every manufacturer
Metastable Materials on why safe, sustainable EV battery disposal must be a priority for every manufacturer, and how recycling closes the loop.
17 Mar 2025
17 Mar 2025

Creating circularity: the case for Li-ion battery recycling
Metastable Materials makes the case for lithium-ion battery recycling as the foundation of a circular, self-reliant critical-mineral economy in India.
10 Mar 2025
10 Mar 2025

Powering a greener future: how battery recycling drives sustainability & supply-chain security
Metastable Materials on how battery recycling drives both sustainability and supply-chain security, in this Machine Edge Global interview.
25 Feb 2025
25 Feb 2025

The untapped potential of Li-ion batteries in securing critical minerals supply chain
Metastable Materials on the untapped potential of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries to secure India's critical-minerals supply chain.
21 Jan 2025
21 Jan 2025

India start-ups mine e-waste for battery minerals — the growing industry's dark side
Metastable Materials featured in Climate Home News on how Indian start-ups are mining e-waste for battery minerals — and doing it responsibly.
21 Jan 2025
21 Jan 2025

Battery recycling redefined by Metastable's innovative approach
Electronics For You profiles how Metastable Materials is redefining battery recycling with its high-yield, refining-led approach to critical-mineral recovery.
15 Jan 2025
15 Jan 2025

Closing the loop with ELV material recycling
Metastable Materials on closing the loop through end-of-life vehicle and battery material recycling for a circular critical-mineral economy.
8 Jan 2025
8 Jan 2025

Improper battery disposal & landfill contamination risks
Metastable Materials warns in Financial Express that improper battery disposal drives hazardous landfill and groundwater contamination — and how recycling prevents it.
7 Jan 2025
7 Jan 2025

Cleantech predictions India 2025
Metastable Materials featured in Inc42's cleantech predictions for India 2025 on the rise of battery recycling and critical-mineral recovery.
31 Dec 2024
31 Dec 2024

India's green energy transition (industry story, print + online)
Metastable Materials featured in Mint on India's green energy transition and the role of battery recycling in a secure, low-carbon future.
25 Dec 2024
25 Dec 2024

The Critical Mineral Mission and battery recycling in India
Metastable Materials in ET Manufacturing on how the National Critical Mineral Mission puts battery recycling at the heart of India's supply-chain strategy.
28 Nov 2024
28 Nov 2024

India EV penetration & the 800 GWh battery roadmap
Metastable Materials on India's EV penetration targets and the 800 GWh battery roadmap — and why recycling is essential to sustaining it.
27 Nov 2024
27 Nov 2024

How advanced materials science is changing the game of battery recycling
Metastable Materials on how advanced materials science and its Integrated Cathode Recycling (ICR) technology are changing the game for lithium-ion battery recycling.
25 Nov 2024
25 Nov 2024

Bengaluru lithium 'mine' goes on stream
The Hindu BusinessLine profiles Metastable Materials as Bengaluru's urban lithium 'mine', recovering battery metals from spent lithium-ion cells.
29 Oct 2024
29 Oct 2024

The critical role of battery recycling in sustaining electronics & EV growth
Metastable Materials on the critical role of battery recycling in sustaining India's electronics and EV growth through secure mineral supply.
24 Oct 2024
24 Oct 2024

E-waste: cash-rich but challenges galore
Metastable Materials in Financial Express on why India's e-waste is cash-rich yet challenging, and how recycling unlocks its critical-mineral value.
2 Sep 2024
2 Sep 2024

Metastable Material: pioneering sustainable battery recycling solutions
EV Mechanica profiles Metastable Materials as a pioneer of sustainable, high-yield battery recycling solutions for India's EV ecosystem.
26 Aug 2024
26 Aug 2024
Impact of government policies on the EV market
Metastable Materials on how government policy shapes India's EV market and the growth of battery recycling, in this Opportunity India Hindi feature.
23 Aug 2024
23 Aug 2024

How EV recycling can make the Viksit Bharat vision come true
Metastable Materials on how EV battery recycling can advance the Viksit Bharat vision of a self-reliant, sustainable India by 2047.
9 Aug 2024
9 Aug 2024

Is India ready to recycle millions of end-of-life EV batteries?
Metastable Materials asks whether India is ready to recycle the millions of end-of-life EV batteries ahead — and what it will take to scale.
2 Aug 2024
2 Aug 2024

Video interview (EV Mechanica)
Watch Metastable Materials' EV Mechanica video interview on pioneering sustainable, high-yield lithium-ion battery recycling in India.
18 Jul 2024
18 Jul 2024

E-scrap & battery breakthroughs: how technology enables efficient recycling in India
Metastable Materials on the e-scrap and battery breakthroughs enabling efficient, high-recovery recycling in India, for World Environment Day.
5 Jun 2024
5 Jun 2024

Metastable Materials: from classroom curiosity to industrial innovation
Mobility Outlook charts Metastable Materials' journey from classroom curiosity to industrial-scale battery recycling and critical-mineral innovation.
17 Jul 2024
17 Jul 2024

The EV challenge: can we make it sustainable in India?
Metastable Materials on making India's EV transition truly sustainable through battery recycling and domestic critical-mineral recovery.
20 May 2024
20 May 2024

Metastable Materials: lithium battery recycling in India
Recycling Today profiles Metastable Materials' high-yield lithium battery recycling operation and its circular-economy mission in India.
17 Jul 2024
17 Jul 2024

E-Waste Start-ups Capitalizing On EV Battery Recycling
25 Apr 2024
25 Apr 2024

Lithium battery recycling: opportunities, challenges & sustainable practices
Metastable Materials on the opportunities, challenges and sustainable practices shaping lithium battery recycling, for Global Recycling Day.
18 Mar 2024
18 Mar 2024

Coconut power for EV batteries: how startups in India are racing to decarbonise
The Economic Times features Metastable Materials among Indian startups racing to decarbonise EV batteries and build a circular critical-mineral economy.
17 Apr 2024
17 Apr 2024
