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ABTC’s Employee Earth Day Celebration
We are planting trees! In anticipation of Earth Day, we have launched an employee-driven campaign, through partnership with One Tree Planted, to help with reforestation efforts by planting trees. Trees can make a difference. We believe in leaving things better than we found them. Planting trees is one of the many ways we demonstrate…
Our ABTC Team in Tonopah
ABTC’s Tonopah satellite office, located on “Main Street” Tonopah, opened in the Spring of 2022 as a home to our Resource team, focused on the Tonopah Flats Lithium Exploration Project. Nestled in the historic mining town, Tonopah is known for its stargazing, with some of the darkest night skies in the nation, as well as a…
ABTC Awarded U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Construct $115M First-of-Kind Commercial-Scale Battery Manufacturing Facility in Nevada
Today Ryan Melsert, CEO of American Battery Technology Company, was invited to join President Joe Biden and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in awarding American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) with a portion of the $2.8 billion in grants for projects to expand U.S. manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles and domestic mineral production. Funded under…
ABTC Onboards In-House Team Focused on Translating Our Innovative Design Concepts into Commercial Scale Systems
“Building a highly competent team of in-house expertise not only advances our transition to commercialization but it ensures that our processes and facilities can evolve and adapt as battery technologies change,” said ABTC CEO Ryan Melsert.
Daphne Gulling, Human Resources Director
This spring, ABTC welcomed Daphne Gulling, as our new Human Resources (HR) Director of the company. ABTC is in the process of transitioning from a pre-revenue to a revenue-generating company and strongly believes that the HR function is a critical part of this transition. The hiring of Daphne is a firm step towards the company’s…
ABTC Gear for Good
In celebration of the launching of our new ABTC brand and shareholder demand, we are excited to be providing official company-branded merchandise for the first time. As part of our corporate commitment to sustainability and to ‘leave things better than we found them,’ we want to provide company gear that authentically reflects and demonstrates our…
ABTC Joins Suppliers Partnership for the Environment
The ABTC team is proud to announce our membership with the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) this month. SP provides a forum for global automotive manufacturers, their large and small suppliers, the US EPA and other government entities from around the world to work together toward a shared vision of an automotive industry with…
Profiles in Diversity Journal Honors Andrés Meza with a Latino Leaders Worth Watching™ Award
We are proud to share that Profiles in Diversity Journal has presented American Battery Technology Company COO, Andrés Meza, with their Latino Leaders Worth Watching™ award. The award underscores ABTC’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices in hiring qualified leadership talent who represent different backgrounds and perspectives. The award recipients have demonstrated talent and skill,…
CEO Ryan Melsert’s Panel Participation Recaps: Benchmark Mineral’s Battery Gigafactory USA 2022 and FastMarket’s Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials 2022 Conference
In June 2022, ABTC CEO Ryan Melsert shared industry insights on expert panels at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s “Battery Gigafactories USA 2022” in Washington, D.C., and FastMarkets’ “Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials Conference 2022” in Phoenix, AZ. Some highlights and excerpts from each panel are included below. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Battery Gigafactories USA 2022 Panel:…
Our New Brand
The ABTC team is very excited to announce a new brand, instigated and inspired by our employees, that represents the company’s recent transformation and pivot to commercialization. Beginning with the appointment of Ryan Melsert as CEO in September 2021, our company has transformed. We have fully reconstituted the company’s independent Board of Directors candidate slate,…