LEADERS IN LEAD

ECOBAT operates a total of 13 worldwide recognised smelters. Nine of these are based in Europe, three in the U.S.A, and one in South Africa.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS TEMPORARY

In the UK and in France, ECOBAT owns the leading rolled lead sheet manufacturing companies, BLM British Lead and Le Plomb Français.
STORED ENERGY SOLUTIONS

One of the major stockists and distributors of batteries in the United Kingdom is part of the ECOBAT Technologies.
THE COMPLETE WASTE BATTERY SERVICE

More than 70 per cent of the lead currently in circulation is recycled and of that, more than three quarters of the lead produced is used to manufacture vehicle batteries.

Our facilities in the EU:

BMG Metall und Recycling GmbH

SECONDARY LEAD SMELTER BASED IN AUSTRIA

BMG Metall and Recycling GmbH (BMG) is ECOBAT’s Austrian secondary lead smelting company, which operates from its site at EURO NOVA Arnoldstein. Arnoldstein’s NF-metallurgy has a history of lead and tin ores smelting stretching back more than 500 years. Recent years have seen significant investment and today, BMG is a modern secondary lead smelter for lead accumulators and lead containing residues and is also certified as waste disposal plant.

With a workforce of 44, BMG produces around 44,000 tonnes of lead and lead alloys, mainly from waste automotive batteries but also from other wastes containing lead, such as sludge and ash.


BMG Metall und Recycling GmbH
Industriestraße 15, 9601 Arnoldstein, Austria
Phone +43 4255 2240-0, Fax +43 4255 2240-225
office@bmg-recycling.at

Facts and figures

  • approx. 44 employees
  • Production facilities:
    Secondary lead smelter
  • Annual production (approx.):
    25,000 tonnes lead/lead alloys
 

ECOBAT Lead smelting facilities in the European Union

Company Location Production site activities
BERZELIUS STOLBERG GmbH Metal Production and Recycling Site - Lead Smelter
BSB Recycling GmbH Battery Recycling - Lead Smelter/Compounding Plant
Muldenhütten Recycling und Umwelttechnik GmbH Battery Recycling - Lead Smelter/Incinerator Plant
BMG Metall und Recycling GmbH Battery Recycling - Lead Smelter
Eco-Bat SpA Battery Recycling - Lead Smelter
STCM Battery Recycling - Lead Smelter
APSM Affinerie de Pont Sainte Maxence Battery Recycling - Lead Smelter
H. J. Enthoven & Sons Battery Recycling - Lead Smelter