Waste & Recycling

India’s Critical Minerals Strategy and the Road Ahead

India is building 858,000 tonnes of critical mineral recycling capacity. But can that capacity deliver what the country needs? Recorded at the Bharat Recycling Show, this episode of Sustainability Café features Dr. Anupam Agnihotri, Former Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development & Design Centre (JNARDDC), in a conversation on India’s critical mineral recycling ambitions and the road from capacity to commercial-scale recovery.

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September 22 2026

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Inside the conversation:

The growing role of e-waste and battery recycling
Bridging the gap between R&D, pilots and commercialisation
Recovering gallium for semiconductor applications
Turning industrial residues and mining waste into secondary sources of critical minerals
India vs China and Europe on scale, economics and regulation

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