Status
Operational: Operating
Product: NMC 811 / NMC 622 / NCA precursors and CAM. Capacity: legacy value hit the field limit (99.9); real figure is higher and not yet sourced.
World's largest pCAM producer; vertically integrated from DRC cobalt mining through Indonesian nickel HPAL to pCAM/CAM; CATL primary customer; expanding LMFP for next-gen chemistry.
Customers and offtakers: CATL / LG Energy Solution / Samsung SDI / Panasonic.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Huayou Cobalt |
| Plant | Tongxiang pCAM Base |
| City | Tongxiang |
| State or province | Zhejiang |
| Country | China |
| Stage | pCAM+CAM |
| Chemistry or product | NMC 811 / NMC 622 / NCA precursors and CAM |
| Capacity basis | Legacy value hit the field limit (99.9); real figure is higher and not yet sourced |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Operating; Huayou is also building cathode capacity in Hungary and Indonesia |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2015 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 2. |
| Customers and offtakers | CATL / LG Energy Solution / Samsung SDI / Panasonic |
| Feedstock | Captive nickel and cobalt processing (DRC + Indonesia) |
| Metal inputs | Ni / Co / Mn / Li |
| Geopolitical exposure | HIGH |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: huayou.com
In context
Where it fits
Listed in Cathode Active Materials. Cathode plants are compared on stage (chemical, precursor or finished CAM), chemistry, capacity and qualified customers; a plant qualified for one chemistry and one cell maker is not interchangeable supply.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Huafei Nickel Cobalt (Weda Bay HPAL) (Huayou Cobalt) | Indonesia | operational |
| Huayue Nickel Cobalt (Morowali HPAL) (Huayou Cobalt) | Indonesia | operational |
| Acs Cathode Plant (Huayou Cobalt) | Hungary | under construction |
| Changzhou and Haimen CAM Bases (Beijing Easpring) | China | operational |
| Shenzhen CAM Base (BTR New Energy) | China | operational |
| LMFP CAM Development (CATL) | China | operational |
| Henan pCAM+CAM Base (Changyuan Lico) | China | operational |
| Changzhou LFP Base (Changzhou Lopal (Jiangsu Lopal)) | China | operational |
| Ningxiang Industrial Base (CNGR Advanced Material) | China | operational |
| Qinzhou pCAM Base (CNGR Advanced Material) | China | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Tongxiang pCAM Base (Huayou Cobalt)
- Sources
- ElectronsX cathode dataset; company disclosures and filings
- Updated
- 2026-10