Fortum Battery Recycling opens Europe’s largest closed-loop hydrometallurgical battery recycling facility in Finland
Fortum Battery Recycling has started commercial operations at its state-of-the-art hydrometallurgical battery material recycling facility in Harjavalta, Finland. The newly established facility is the largest recycling plant in Europe in terms of recycling capacity, and it is also the first commercial-scale facility in Europe for hydrometallurgical recycling. The new large-scale facility will greatly ease the European battery manufacturers’ rising demand for sustainable battery materials, helping to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported critical battery raw materials.
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