Cathode Active Material & Precursor Manufacturing worked example

Scrap Recovery Value at 92% expected recovery yield: a worked example in cathode active material & precursor manufacturing

Push expected recovery yield up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when scrap recovery value in cathode active material and precursor manufacturing is being put through a cathode active material and precursor manufacturing weighted-cost review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recoverable CAM or precursor scrap: 100 kg (unchanged)
  • Recovery value per kg scrap: 45 $ / kg (unchanged)
  • Expected recovery yield: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Fixed recovery credit or fee: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable recovered scrap value = recoverable CAM or precursor scrap × recovery value per kg scrap × expected recovery yield) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for net scrap recovery value, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for recovery value per kg scrap.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for variable recovered scrap value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed recovery credit or fee.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected recovery yield sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
  • It computes variable recovered value as scrap mass times value per kg times recovery yield, then adds a fixed credit or fee for the net recovery value. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Net scrap recovery value: 4,390 $ (headline result)
  • Recovery value per kg scrap: 43.9 $ / piece
  • Variable recovered scrap value: 4,140 $
  • Fixed recovery credit or fee: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Scrap Recovery Value calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.