Ardee Industries Wins Battery Recycling Excellence Award at IMRC 2026

Ardee Industries Ltd. has been awarded the Battery Recycling Excellence Award 2026 – Recycler of the Year at the International Material Recycling Conference (IMRC) 2026 held in Jaipur, recognising its performance in electric vehicle and consumer electronics battery recycling.

The award honours companies demonstrating high standards of innovation, operational safety and scalability in battery recycling. It acknowledges Ardee Industries’ role in environmentally responsible recovery of end-of-life batteries and non-ferrous scrap, as well as in reclaiming critical metals from waste streams.

In a separate global milestone, the company’s pure lead brand, 'Ardee Lead 9997', has been listed on the London Metal Exchange (LME). The LME approved the product as “good delivery” against its lead contract with effect from December 23, 2025, confirming compliance with international standards on product quality, consistency, traceability and responsible production practices.

Ardee Industries operates in the circular economy segment, integrating collection, recycling and production processes. The company said this model helps reduce India’s dependence on imported critical metals, strengthens domestic resource security and lowers the environmental footprint of industrial growth.

As of March 31, 2025, Ardee Industries had an installed recycling capacity of 104,025 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA). The company expanded its capacity from 54,750 MTPA in FY 2023 through continued investments in recycling infrastructure.

Lead remains one of the most widely recycled metals globally, capable of being reprocessed multiple times without loss of properties. In India, more than 80% of lead demand is met through secondary production, primarily from used lead-acid batteries (ULABs). Recycled lead output stood at about 1.26 million tonnes in FY 2025, while the domestic recycled lead ingot market was valued at approximately INR 28,800 crore, driven by demand from automotive batteries, inverters and UPS systems, telecom infrastructure, data centres and renewable energy storage.

As per the firm, Ardee Industries operates a manufacturing facility spanning 7.61 acres in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. The plant is equipped with rotary furnaces, refining kettles, casting machines and pollution control systems designed for environmentally compliant recycling.

The firm also plans to diversify into processing plastic scrap generated during recycling into plastic granules, and to expand refining and recycling operations for tin and copper waste.

With rising demand from Southeast Asia and South Korea for recycled lead ingots, the company’s manufacturing facility has been strategically located near a port to serve both domestic and export markets.