# ELBAT AD

Country of seat: Bulgaria  
Data as of: 2026-11-04, version 2.49  
Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/elbat-ad

## Plants

### Dolna Banya – lead-acid battery recycling, smelting in rotary furnaces, lead refining and lead alloys (Dolna Banya, Bulgaria)

- Link: secondary lead smelter (battery breaking, smelting and refining)
- Status: operating
- Metals: lead
- Coordinates: 42.3314, 23.7903 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0)
- Source [B]: Company website – Technologies (breaking, paste desulphurisation, smelting, refining) – https://elbat.bg/technologies/
- Source [B]: Company website – About us (capacities, plant location) – https://elbat.bg/about-us/
- Source [B]: Company website – GDPR (name and registered office of the controller) – https://elbat.bg/gdpr/
- Note: ELBAT AD breaks spent batteries, smelts the lead in short rotary furnaces and refines it in kettles to a purity of 99.97–99.99%, producing soft lead and alloys to order. The plant in Dolna Banya declares 72,500 t of batteries processed and 57,500 t of lead a year.
- Verified at source: 2026-11-04

## Products

- [Refined unwrought lead](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/products/pb-refined.md) – Dolna Banya – lead-acid battery recycling, smelting in rotary furnaces, lead refining and lead alloys (Dolna Banya)
- [Other unwrought lead and lead alloys (PbCa, PbSn, bullion lead)](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/products/pb-unwrought-other.md) – Dolna Banya – lead-acid battery recycling, smelting in rotary furnaces, lead refining and lead alloys (Dolna Banya)

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- Dolna Banya – lead-acid battery recycling, smelting in rotary furnaces, lead refining and lead alloys (Dolna Banya, Bulgaria): smelter; Metal: lead; Accepted grades: grades not established in the register documents

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