THE TECHNOLOGY

CirColi

Closing the loop
on the battery economy.

THE TECHNOLOGY

On a mission to put dead batteries back to work.

Closing the loop on the battery economy.

Every dead battery still contains something valuable. Lithium. Cobalt. Nickel. CirColi was built to recover them.

Using a proprietary hydrometallurgical process that is 40 times faster and 20 times more compact than conventional recycling methods, CirColi extracts and recovers critical materials from spent lithium-ion batteries - returning them to the supply chain rather than losing them to landfill.

Backed by KAUST, CirColi is closing the loop on one of the most strategically important industries of the century. Because the battery economy only works if the materials inside batteries can come back.

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Technology Mission

MISSION IN MOTION

From Dead Batteries to New Beginnings

See how CirColi recovers critical battery materials and returns them to the supply chain—powering a cleaner, more circular energy future.

IMPACT

Creating Impact
Where It Matters Most

01

Critical materials recovered

CirCoLi recovers more than 90% of the various metals at over 99% purity, meeting battery-grade standards.

02

Cleaner by design

CirColi reduces hazardous waste and chemical handling versus conventional recycling routes.

03

A circular battery economy, built in Saudi Arabia

From production to reuse, CirColi gives Saudi Arabia ownership of the full battery value chain - the infrastructure for a truly circular energy economy.

04

Vision 2030 aligned

EVs. Renewable energy. Industrial diversification. CirColi sits at the intersection of all three - making the Kingdom’s clean energy future more self-sufficient and more sustainable.

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