Yle 1.7.2025 | A new anode material plant in the works in Kotka (external link)
Grafintec is planning a €675 million investment close to the CAM plant, which is already under construction.
Powering up the battery ecosystem
Finland-based Circular Ecosystem of Battery Metals, BATCircle, aims at improving the competitiveness of the Finnish battery value chain.
Battery demand is growing exponentially – BATCircle3.0 provides a leap in battery material and recycling research in Finland
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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Recording of the BATCircle3.0 kickoff seminar
A recording of the BATCircle3.0 kickoff seminar held in Otaniemi, Espoo, on the 1st of April 2025.Finnish national strategy
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!
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T&T 5.5.2025 | One type of battery is Europe's sore point (external link)
The recycling of electric car batteries is improving, and Fortum is a pioneer in this field in Europe. However, recycling LFP batteries presents a different challenge.
T&T 11.3.2025 | Sheer madness: 99.5% of the world's lithium is currently thrown into landfills - A new Finnish invention could recover all of it almost pure (external link)
Recycling lithium from battery waste is currently being studied extensively. Tobias Wesselborg, a researcher at LUT University and a BATCircle contributor, developed two new processes for hydrometallurgical recycling of waste. One of them was even tested as a continuous process.
T&T 10.1.2025 | Construction of a €770 M cathode active material production plant begins in the spring of 2025 (external link)
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.
Business Finland 18.12.2024 | Finnish Listed Companies Leading the Circular Economy in the Nordics (external link)
Finnish listed companies are pioneers in advancing the circular economy in the Nordic region.
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