Finland-based Circular Ecosystem of Battery Metals, BATCircle, aims at improving the competitiveness of the Finnish battery value chain.
The three-year BATCircle3.0 project, led by Aalto University, offers a strategic focus on new openings for battery materials refining and battery recycling.
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment recently published Finland's new National Mineral Strategy, which outlines the future of sustainable and responsible mineral exploitation. Also, their 2021 release on Finland's national battery strategy attracted extensive international coverage. Take a look!
Construction of a €770 M cathode active material production plant in the Kymenlaakso region will begin in the spring of 2025. The environmental permit processing was given priority as the project is considered part of the national green transition.
Finnish listed companies are pioneers in advancing the circular economy in the Nordic region.
Spring 2025 brings new opportunities for Finnish actors in the battery space, as Horizon Europe will open to funding applications in May.
Finland is trying to find more sustainable and efficient ways to produce lithium. There are reserves in Europe, but often, the obstacle is opposition to mining or poor profitability.
The planned pCAM and CAM factories would generate thousands of jobs in the Kymenlaakso region, enough to drain local supply of workforce.
