CM-PATRACritical Minerals Patent and Technology Research Analytics
CM-PATRA / Nickel
Nickel
29 patent families, 23 with an Indian applicant, and 8 funded project(s) in the Ministry of Mines S&T list. On the India critical-minerals list. Counts are lower bounds.
Stages
- Recycling / secondary sources: 19
- Hydrometallurgy (leaching, solvent extraction): 18
- Ore preparation / agglomeration: 11
- Pyrometallurgy / smelting: 3
- Electrochemical recovery: 1
- Refining: 1
- Beneficiation / separation: 1
- Compounds and materials: 1
Most active applicants
- CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research): 5
- Attero Recycling: 3
- Vale Sa: 2
- Metastable Materials: 2
- IIT Kharagpur: 2
- Lohum: 1
- Neo Seeker Metals: 1
- NALCO (National Aluminium): 1
Funded projects
- BIOREACTOR-BASED NICKEL RECOVERY FROM LATERITES FOR SUSTAINABLE BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES · SNTMOM/1791/2026 · Recommended to PSCII
- Development of Sustainable Recovery Methods for Lithium and Nickel from Spent Lithium-Ion and Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries · SNTMOM/1390/2024 · Approved with Modification
- Development and Fictionalization of Nickel Foams Enhancing Performance for Energy Storage and Thermal Applications · SNTMOM/1359/2024 · Approved with Modification
- Preparation of 99 percent pure nickel-cobalt alloy and Ferronickel 66Fe 31Ni from waste batteries and recovery of Rare Earth Elements in the form of oxides · SNTMOM/1162/2024 · Approved with Modification
- Recovery of Nickel from Secondary Steel Industry waste. · SNTMOM/1053/2024 · Approved with Modification
- Recovery of Molybdenum, Nickel and Alumina values from spent hydrotreating catalyst of HPCL and Demonstration at Pilot plant (TRL-7) and techno-economic feasibility studies. · SNTMOM/952/2023 · Approved with Modification
- Recovery of sulphur free nickel from pharmaceutical spent catalyst sludge to achieve zero waste · JNARDDC/S-59 · Ongoing
- Development of rapid analytical procedures for Nickel, Chromium and Cobalt · JNARDDC/S-10 · Completed
Patent families
- A method of recycling nickel-rich industrial inorganic wastes to high pure nickel metal sheetWO-2026132973-A1 · 2026 · Lohum
- A method for selective separation of precious metals from e-waste and spent nickel catalystsWO-2026139776-A1 · 2026 · Neo Seeker Metals
- A process for extraction of nickel from low grade chromite oreWO-2004055225-A1 · 2004 · CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research)
- Process for recovery of nickel from spent catalystUS-6733564-B1 · 2004 · CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research)
- Process for the recovery of nickel from spent catalystWO-03080878-A1 · 2003 · CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research)
- (no English title in the source record)IN-187985-B · 2002 · Mim Holdings Ltd
- (no English title in the source record)IN-2012DN00702-A · 2015 · Vale Sa
- (no English title in the source record)IN-2014CN02589-A · 2015 · Outotec Oyj
- (no English title in the source record)IN-2014MN01922-A · 2015 · Wuhan Kaidi Eng Tech Res Inst
- (no English title in the source record)IN-2014MN01923-A · 2015 · Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group Co Ltd
- (no English title in the source record)IN-2015DN00973-A · 2015 · Vale Sa
- One step process for production of ni and fe-ni using microwave assisted non thermal hydrogen plasmaWO-2016113755-A1 · 2016 · CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research)
- Process for recovering pure cobalt and nickel from spent lithium batteriesWO-2018047147-A1 · 2018 · Attero Recycling
- Effective utilization of jarosite wasteCA-3136907-A1 · 2020 · Malshe Vinod Chintamani
- Process for recovery of metals and carbon powder from spent lithium ion batteriesWO-2022101930-A1 · 2022 · Hydromet Tech Solutions
- A method for recycling of used scrap lithium batteryWO-2022224264-A1 · 2022 · BatX Energies
- Apparatus and method for recycling lithium cobalt oxide batteriesWO-2023026306-A1 · 2023 · Shastry Ravi
- Process of materials recovery from energy storage devicesWO-2023131975-A1 · 2023 · Minimines Cleantech Solutions
- System and method for extraction of metal values from active material of lithium-ion batteriesWO-2023148760-A1 · 2023 · Metastable Materials
- Method for recovery of metals and metal alloys from waste lithium-ion batteriesUS-2024002978-A1 · 2024 · C-MET (Ministry of Electronics & IT)
- Process for Recovery of Battery Cathode Metal Oxides And Copper From The WastesUS-2024405304-A1 · 2024 · IIT Kharagpur
- Zero waste technology for spent catalyst recycling by hydro metallurgy pyrometallurgy combinationWO-2024252341-A1 · 2024 · Roy Aishwarya
- Process for recovery of battery cathode metal oxides from the end-of-life batteries using copper and ironWO-2025046622-A1 · 2025 · IIT Kharagpur
- A method for recovery of metals from cathode material of spent lithium titanium oxide batteryWO-2025210443-A1 · 2025 · Attero Recycling
- A method for recovery of nickel from copper refinery waste effluentWO-2025210671-A1 · 2025 · Hindalco Industries
- A method for recovery of rare earth elements and base metals from magnet scrapWO-2025219857-A1 · 2025 · Attero Recycling
- System and method for extraction of lithium, cobalt and aluminium from active material of lithium-ion batteryWO-2026047775-A1 · 2026 · Metastable Materials
- A method of reductive electro-bioleaching of oxide mineralsWO-2026058284-A1 · 2026 · CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research)
- Cathode material and processUS-12428309-B2 · 2025 · Johnson Matthey Plc