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Ascend Elements
Coverage of Ascend Elements in the Nexus archive.
- Battery recycling still isn’t easy. Just ask Ascend Elements.
Battery recycling remains challenging, with startup Ascend Elements facing a setback in efforts to develop affordable recycling solutions. The article highlights ongoing difficulties in the U.S. energy system's transition involving batteries and related industries.
- Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy
Ascend Elements, a battery recycler, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to a canceled government grant and a difficult market for lithium-ion batteries. The company's financial troubles stem from both external funding issues and industry challenges.