Reclaiming critical battery materials - safely, locally, and at scale.
Lithium-ion battery recycling for the Middle East - producing high-quality StormBlack™ from EV, BESS, portable electronics, and LIB production scrap/waste. Based on a proven UK model with 10,000 MT/year input capacity and ~98% material recovery rate.
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About Us
Who we are
How we work
A flexible tolling + trading model: process customer-owned feedstock and return StormBlack™ (tolling), or source / process feedstock and sell black mass through off-take partners (trading).
Why us
- Safety from the first cut: Aqueous cutting + wet-shred mitigate fire risk and reduce emissions.
- Quality product, consistently: Moisture control for refiner-ready StormBlack™; segregated Al/Cu, ferrous, and polymers.
- Industrial pragmatism: Modular, scalable lines that deploy fast and grow with supply.
- Regional circularity: Local processing that keeps value, jobs, and materials in the Middle East.
- Operational discipline: Documented, safety-first procedures; permits done right; transparent, trackable material flows.
Meet our team
Rupert McNeil
Chairman
Rupert is a seasoned leader in professional services, public service, and transformation, now based in Riyadh. A founding director and shareholder of RHH Reclaim Limited, he also chairs Lincoln Storm Limited in the UK and Raven Limited. Through these ventures, he is an active investor in regulated enterprises focused on clean technology and the circular economy. Previously, Rupert served as the UK Government’s Chief People Officer, leading transformation and governance across the civil service.
Roy Hattingh
Chief Operational Officer
Roy is a Chartered Accountant who has extensive executive experience across a variety of businesses and geographies ranging from large global professional services firms to early stage start-up ventures. Based in Riyadh he was previously the COO for a Big 4 Advisory business in the Middle East. He is a co-founder of RHH Reclaim and the COO. He brings experience in business strategy, business modelling, commercial negotiations and fund raising for early stage businesses. Throughout his career he has built up a wealth of global experience with roles in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Russia, South Africa and currently Saudi Arabia.
Shiv Unka
Chief Technology Officer
Shiv is a strategy consultant and aerospace engineer with deep expertise in lithium-ion battery supply chains, circular economy ventures, and high-impact industrial technologies. His work has focused on sectors of national importance - including energy security, defence, and critical mineral resilience - advising governments and investors across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Shiv has supported startups and corporate ventures from early-stage concept through to operational scale, combining engineering rigour with commercial execution.
Sal Hattingh
Chief Financial Officer
Sal is Chartered Accountant who qualified with one of the Big 4 and subsequently specialised in the design & implementation of financial systems as well as business processes, governance and control. Over the years she has worked across various services industries specialising in communications and entertainment throughout the UK & Europe. Recently, Sal has been involved in charities & startups, assisting them in establishing financial management, control, and governance processes supported by appropriate financial systems.
Lincoln Storm Ltd
Technology Partner
Lincoln Storm Ltd is one of the few fully permitted lithium-ion battery recyclers in Europe, based in North Somerset, UK. The company specialises in the safe and auditable recovery of critical materials from end-of-life batteries and production scrap. As the core technology partner for RHH Reclaim, Lincoln Storm is helping scale lithium-ion battery recycling globally, while also advancing R&D into lithium recovery and the early-stage refining of black mass into precursor battery materials.
Timeline
Our story so far and forward growth plans.
UK Foundations
Lincoln Storm (UK) develops and proves the front-end LIB recycling model (wet shred → drying → separation), demonstrating ~98% material recovery at 10,000 MT/year potential processing capacity and establishing robust safety, compliance, and product quality practices.
RHH Reclaim established
Rokehollyhart (RHH) Reclaim is formed and begins working under a technology license from Lincoln Storm Limited (UK). Focus on partner outreach (feedstock, logistics, plant/equipment, auxiliary services, offtakers), pre-operations planning, and investor conversations.
Build & Approvals
Select site, secure approvals, finalise partners, and start the build / installation of the front-end line. (timing is indicative and subject to permits, site selection, and partner alignment).
Begin Operations
Commission the line and begin ramping up operations, working with imported and domestic LIB feedstock to produce black mass (StormBlack™).
Our process in five easy steps
Receive
We accept LIB feedstock from EV / BESS packs, modules / cells, portables, and production scrap / waste. Each delivery is digitally logged with traceability (paperwork, load ID, photos) and sorted by chemistry and form.
Wet Shred
Under aqueous conditions we wet-shred to suppress dust and reduce fire risk, while keeping process liquids and fine material contained for controlled handling.
Dry
The shredded material is dewatered and rotary dried to a target moisture range, producing clean, stable StormShred™ (dry shred) ready for further processing into StormShred™ (black mass).
Mill & Separate
StormShred™ is milled and separated using cyclones and sieves. In the same process we remove ferrous materials, recover Al/Cu granules, and segregate polymers. The remaining active-material fraction from this process becomes StormBlack™.
QC & Shipping
Each load is sampled, externally lab-tested, and labelled for traceability, then shipped as StormBlack™ to refiners / off-takers (with Al/Cu, ferrous, and polymers routed to suitable buyers).
Technology and R&D
Dive deeper into our capabilities.
Safety by Design
We don’t fight fires – we prevent them. Aqueous shredding reduces thermal risk from the first cut and suppress dust at the source.
Our closed-loop water keeps the system clean: process water is recirculated and treated; vapours and fine particulates are captured to protect yield and the shop floor.
Traceability, end-to-end: Every movement is logged, contained, and handled under controlled conditions.
Engineered for Output
Right moisture. Right flow. Right result.
We dry to StormShred™, then mill & separate. In-line recovery yields ferrous materials, Al/Cu granules, and polymers, while producing high-purity black mass (StormBlack™) that refiners want to process.
From Lab to Loop
We turn the process into a resource. Ongoing R&D:
Lithium recovery pulls value from process / electrolyte streams – capture, convert to useful lithium salts, then return treated water into the loop.
Upgrade StormBlack™ by removing graphite and tuning the powder towards cathode-active precursor (pCAM/CAM).
Refine black mass into metals with selective hydrometallurgical steps to separate Ni/Co/Mn/Li for circular reuse with regional offtakers.
Partners & Ecosystem
We collaborate across the full value chain to build a regional, circular battery economy:
Feedstock providers (BESS operators, EV OEMs, distributors, service networks, and e-waste facilities), logistics & compliance, plant & equipment suppliers, engineering & safety, R&D partners (universities, research labs, technology providers), and off-takers/refiners for black mass and by-product streams (Al/Cu, ferrous, polymers).
