India Reclaims Smartphone Minerals For Aviation

India's e-waste sector can supply aerospace-grade materials, industry leaders told India Today, highlighting that a ton of battery black mass yields 50–80 kg cobalt versus 1–2 kg from ore. Firms like Lohum, Attero and Metastable use hydrometallurgy or thermal reduction to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and neodymium, but meeting 99.9% aerospace purity requires advanced metallurgy and significant industrial investment.