New Delhi, April 22 -- Rocklink India has opened a lithium-ion battery recycling facility in India as part of its efforts to build a domestic ecosystem for recycling of critical and rare earth minerals, said Leonard Ansorge, Director, Rocklink India Private Ltd.

Commenting on the key development for the company in India, Ansorge told ANI, "(Today is) the opening of our facility as well as the opening of our first lithium-ion battery recycling plant here in India," on the sidelines of the launch of the facility at Sikandrabad industrial area in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh, nearly 60 km from the national capital New Delhi.

He said the plant has been designed with significant processing capability. "Capacity here as installed of...