On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the battery recycling technology company Ace Green Recycling announced that it has secured a battery material supply agreement with OM Commodities, a global commodities trading firm that specializes in trading ferrous and nonferrous recycled material, primary metals, and residues.
As part of the agreement, OM Commodities will supply Ace Green with at least 30,000 metric tons of recycled lead annually, which Ace Green expects to recycle at its planned flagship facility in Texas with production expected to commence in 2026.
“We believe that Ace’s future Texas facility is poised to play a key role in addressing many of the current challenges in the lead industry in the U.S., while helping the country meet the growing domestic demand for valuable battery materials,” said Nishchay Chadha, CEO and Co-Founder of Ace. “This agreement with OM Commodities will provide us with enough supply to support our Texas facility during all of its current planned phases, enabling us to achieve optimal efficiencies as we deploy our solutions in the U.S. market. With OM Commodities being a U.S.-based leader in metals doing business across the Americas and Asia with a specialty in lead batteries, we look forward to leveraging their expertise in the space as we advance our scale-up efforts.”
According to the press release, the level of feedstock is sufficient to cover 100% of Ace Green’s phase one recycling capacity at its future Texas facility. The agreement is for a term of at least 15 years. It provides Ace Green with the option to obtain more supply from OM Commodities as Ace Green scales up its recycling operations. Ace and OM Commodities are in active discussions for future lithium battery recycling collaborations.
“We look forward to supporting Ace with lead feedstock as they scale up their operations in Texas and helping create a more circular and sustainable battery materials supply chain in the U.S.,” said Yiannis Dumas, President of OM Commodities.
Photo Courtesy of Ace Green Recycling.
