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Nevada battery recycling operation ramps up capacity
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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‘You felt like you were poisoned and you were dying’: Nevada jury awards over $3 billion in damages against Real Water
(WJET/WFXP) — A jury has awarded $3 billion in punitive damages to 8 Las Vegas residents who suffered from sudden-onset liver failure after consuming the recalled and discontinued Real Water brand drinking water.
The Las Vegas residents, including 5 children and 3 adults, claimed that Real Water contained a toxic chemical known as hydrazine, which led to their sudden-onset liver failure.
A jury has awarded $3 billion in punitive damages to 8 Las Vegas residents who suffered from sudden-onset liver failure after consuming the recalled and discontinued Real Water brand drinking water.
The Las Vegas residents, including 5 children and 3 adults, claimed that Real Water contained a toxic chemical known as hydrazine, which led to their sudden-onset liver failure. Hydrazine is a toxic chemical used in the production of rocket fuel. The children involved ranged from 7 months old to 5 years old and had to be flown to a children’s hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah for treatment which was a result of drinking Real Water in the fall of 2020.
Real Water argued that they did not anticipate that hydrazine would be present in the water.
You felt like you were poisoned and you were dying.
Christopher Wren, Plaintiff
The emotional testimony revealed the pain and fear endured during the moments from hospitalization to recovery. All those affected now suffer from permanent liver damage and mental trauma.
After the Las Vegas-based health district made the FDA investigation public in mid-March 2021, company president Brent Jones issued a statement calling for stores nationwide to pull Real Water from shelves. The company termed the move voluntary.
A federal lawsuit, settled in June 2021, claimed that Real Water personnel had not properly cleaned and sanitized the water tanks in which they mix processed municipal tap water with E2 Concentrate, potentially leading to chemical and microbial contamination.
While the companies marketed their products as a healthy alternative to tap water, the government alleged that the products, in fact, consisted of municipal tap water that the defendants processed with various chemicals in violation of current good manufacturing practices, relevant food safety standards and hazard prevention measures
In June 2021, the FDA announced that Real Water had agreed to cease operations until they could comply with federal regulations.
However, just two months later, on August 20, 2021, the company officially filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy amid several pending lawsuits.
This is not the first case where a jury awarded millions in damages. In October 2023, a jury awarded over $228 million in damages to several plaintiffs who also suffered from liver failure, including the family of a 69-year-old woman who died from liver failure in 2020.
The children involved ranged from 7 months old to 5 years old and had to be flown to a children’s hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah for treatment which was a result of drinking Real Water in the fall of 2020.
Real Water argued that they did not anticipate that hydrazine would be present in the water — hydrazine is a toxic chemical that is used in the production of rocket fuel.
You felt like you were poisoned and you were dying.
Christopher Wren, Plaintiff
The emotional testimony revealed the pain and fear endured during the moments from hospitalization to recovery. All those affected now suffer from permanent liver damage and mental trauma.
After the Las Vegas-based health district made the FDA investigation public in mid-March 2021, company president Brent Jones issued a statement calling for stores nationwide to pull Real Water from shelves. The company termed the move voluntary.
A federal lawsuit, settled in June 2021, claimed that Real Water personnel had not properly cleaned and sanitized the water tanks in which they mix processed municipal tap water with E2 Concentrate, potentially leading to chemical and microbial contamination.
While the companies marketed their products as a healthy alternative to tap water, the government alleged that the products, in fact, consisted of municipal tap water that the defendants processed with various chemicals in violation of current good manufacturing practices, relevant food safety standards and hazard prevention measures
In June 2021, the FDA announced that Real Water had agreed to cease operations until they could comply with federal regulations.
However, just two months later, on August 20, 2021, the company officially filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy amid several pending lawsuits.
This is not the first case where a jury awarded millions in damages. In October 2023, a jury awarded over $228 million in damages to several plaintiffs who also suffered from liver failure, including the family of a 69-year-old woman who died from liver failure in 2020.
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Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame class inducted — PHOTOS
The Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame’s five-member class of 2024 was inducted at a ceremony Friday at Lee’s Family Forum.
The class includes boxing referee Kenny Bayless; Lotus Broadcasting leaders Tony Bonnici and Jesse Leeds; golfer Brady Exber; and basketball player C.J. Watson.
Their enshrinement gives the hall 127 members.
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Nevada’s Emree Cameron Crowned Champion in Junior Match Play Championship
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