American Battery Technology Company’s 137,000-square-foot plant in Reno, Nevada is processing over 50 million pounds of material per year. | Janaka Dharmasena/Shutterstock

A company that processes lithium-ion batteries, including those sourced from consumer devices, has scaled up recycling capacity at its facility in Reno, Nevada, and is on track to process more than 44 million pounds of battery materials per year.

American Battery Technology Company on May 13 announced it surpassed its initial capacity projection for its first facility, a 137,000-square-foot plant located in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. The facility was designed with an estimated 44 million pounds per year capacity, but it has recently been operating at 115% of that, or over 50 million pounds per year.

The company deconstructs batteries and uses hydrometallurgy to recover metals and metal mixtures from any type of lithium-ion battery. “Our process is agnostic to battery form factor,” a company spokesperson told E-Scrap News. 

The materials recovered include aluminum, copper, steel, lithium and black mass intermediate materials. The company can also refine these recovered metals into usable components for new battery manufacturing, including nickel sulfate, cobalt sulfate, manganese sulfate and lithium hydroxide.

ABTC was also recently selected to receive up to $60 million in federal tax credits, financial support that will be used to “support the construction of a significantly larger additional battery recycling facility to process material from new strategic suppliers,” the company stated in a press release.

The publicly-traded company reported its most recent quarterly financial results on May 15, disclosing that as of March 31 it had $6 million in cash on hand.

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The high school baseball season has come to an end. Some teams added to their baseball legacies this year, while others began to start their own.

The best of Nevada high school baseball is cemented in the state’s record book.

The record book is monitored and updated yearly by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. Here are five records that will (probably) never be broken:

Most consecutive victories: 35, Bishop Gorman (2009)

Bishop Gorman ripped off 35 straight victories after starting the season 1-3. The Gaels lost to Cimarron-Memorial in the double-elimination playoffs, but defeated Cimarron-Memorial in the state tournament to clinch the title. It was Bishop Gorman’s fourth championship during a run of seven straight state titles.

The Gaels’ 2009 team is littered throughout the record book. The team is also the state record-holder for most hits (572), most runs scored (561) and highest batting average (.463) in a season.

Coach with most state titles: 12, Rodger Fairless

Fairless was part of dominant runs at two different schools. He led Valley to six state titles and compiled a 244-40-1 record from 1980 to 1989.

Fairless then won six straight titles from 1993 to 1998 during a seven-year run at Green Valley. He finished with a 204-28 record with the Gators. Pahranagat Valley’s Brad Loveday is the closest coach to Fairless with seven titles.

Most career home runs: 67, Joey Gallo, Bishop Gorman (2009-12)

Big leaguer Joey Gallo showed in high school he was a top home run hitter. Gallo set the state record for career home runs during a dominant stretch at Bishop Gorman.

Gallo hit 25 during the 2011 season. It’s the second-most home runs ever hit in a single campaign, behind the 29 Chris Aguila hit for McQueen in 1997.

Galena’s Steven Lerud had the previous career record home-run record with 60.

Gallo didn’t stop when he left Bishop Gorman. He has 201 MLB home runs as of May 20.

Most career triples: 27, Brandon Pletsch, Rancho (2008-11)

Pletsch played a key role in Rancho teams that finished state runner-up in 2010 and as a state semifinalist in 2011.

Pletsch hit 13 triples in 2009, which is tied for the state record for most triples in a season. Laughlin’s Matt Morgan is second in career triples with 21.

Most RBIs in a season: 80, Gallo, Bishop Gorman (2012)

After a strong season at the plate in 2011, Gallo followed it up by setting the state record for most RBIs in a season. Gallo hit .509 and added 21 home runs as the Gaels won their seventh straight state title.

Gallo is tied with Bishop Gorman teammate Johnny Field for the second-most RBIs in a season as well with 78. Gallo set that mark in 2011.

Contact Alex Wright at awright@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AlexWright1028 on X.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Korean War veterans from Nevada laid a wreath at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in a recent honor flight to Washington D.C.

And while at the memorial, they heard some unexpected words from the President of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, Steve Lee.

“Thank you for all that you did in the defense of South Korea all those decades ago. What you did for a country that you didn’t know and a people you didn’t know, was you saved them, changed their history and you made America better. It is as simple and as profound as that,” said Steve Lee.

“I can’t explain it in words, but it means so much to me that the people think that much of us for what we did. And we thank God that he brought us through it, brought us back to where we can be here today,” said Korean War veteran Matthew Harville.

The group later toured the 9/11 Memorial where a plane hit the Pentagon. There are 184 memorial benches with reflecting pools to remember the people killed on the plane and inside the Pentagon.

“This is the first time I’ve gotten to see the memorial. And it’s very moving. It really is. It brings back memories,” said John Ottery.

Ottery was an Honor Flight guardian on the trip with Honor Flight Southern Nevada. Guardians are paired with a veteran the entire trip.

Ottery was working in D.C. on 9/11 and was supposed to be at the Pentagon for a meeting. But he did not go to the Pentagon because the meeting was canceled.

He says a couple of his friends were also set to be at the meeting, which was not in the area where the plane hit. His friends stayed in the Pentagon and ended up in the same location where the plane struck the Pentagon. Both of Ottery’s friends died, including Navy Lt. Commander Eric Cranford, a helicopter pilot who served two tours in the Persian Gulf. Also killed was Lt. Scott Lamana, who helped monitor the Navy’s global fleet in the Pentagon’s Navy Command Center.

“Good guy, young guy with a family, just kind of starting out. Doing what the Navy asked him to do. Just another day on the job,” said Ottery.

The group also visited the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery along with several other memorials.

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