Iondrive Ltd (ASX:ION) has seen a boost to its development of DES (deep-eutectic solvent) battery recycling technology, with a series of bench trials conducted at the University of Adelaide confirming its viability, including high metal recoveries and low solvent losses at a 1,000x scale-up. The latter suggests that the technology is also economically viable, as Iondrive looks ahead to completing other prefeasibility activities, including large-scale process optimisation, and economic considerations of developing and operating an optimised commercial scale recycling plant. The prefeasibility s…