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Awards/PROJECT GRANT (B)

$122,993,646

Department of Energy·Department of Energy

to CIRBA SOLUTIONS, LLC

critical-mineralsactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-01-01·LATEST ACTION2026-02-25·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DEMS0000111_089
Award description

BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL): CIRBA SOLUTIONS - SOUTH CAROLINA FACILITY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO EXPAND DOMESTIC LITHIUM ION RECYCLING CAPACITY TO CREATE A CLOSED LOOP DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Expand domestic lithium-ion battery recycling capacity at a South Carolina facility to create a closed-loop domestic supply chain.

Sub-sectors
lithium-recyclingdomestic-supply-chainbil-infrastructure
Why this matters

Reduces U.S. dependence on foreign lithium sources and strengthens EV battery supply resilience under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Supply-chain signal

Recycled lithium from this facility will feed back into domestic battery manufacturing, reducing reliance on mined lithium imports and supporting downstream EV production.

U.S.–China competition angle

China dominates global lithium processing and battery recycling; this facility directly counters that dominance by establishing U.S. domestic recycling capacity.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-25. Cost: $0.003035.

Period of performance
Start
2025-01-01
End
2026-12-31
Status
activein 184 days
Sources

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