Electric vehicles hold the key to achieving carbon neutrality. Lithium- ion batteries are used in place of fossil fuels, but did you know that lead batteries are also used as auxiliary storage batteries as in the past?
This is because no other materials are as reasonably priced and stable as lead batteries. These two characteristics are achieved through a well-functioning lead recycling system. For more than 30 years, Mitsubishi Materials Group has been operating a lead recycling system in which it collects used lead batteries, manufactures lead ingots (electrolytic lead) and lead alloys, and sells them to battery manufacturers. The lead ingots (electrolytic lead) manufactured through this system are a product with low greenhouse gas emissions because they are made from 99.6% recycled materials.
Lead has the reputation of causing health issues, but if it is handled properly, it can make our lives more convenient and prosperous. We will continue to support the lead circulation system to contribute to the achievement of a carbon-neutral, resource-recycling society.

Lead ingots manufactured through electrolysis refining have a purity of 99.99% or more. They are primarily used as a material for automobile batteries. In addition to used batteries, we also turn lead-containing intermediate products generated during the smelting and refining of copper and precious metals into high-purity electrolytic lead.