Status
Operational: Operating since 2023
Product: Mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), nickel and cobalt. Capacity: 120 kt/yr (Nameplate, nickel contained in MHP).
Huayou HPAL at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park; MHP feeds Huayou pCAM in Zhejiang and its Indonesian CAM projects; Indonesian nickel processed by Chinese-owned plants is the main FEOC question for US credits.
Customers and offtakers: Huayou captive (to Tongxiang).
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Huayou Cobalt |
| Plant | Huafei Nickel Cobalt (Weda Bay HPAL) |
| City | Weda Bay (IWIP) |
| State or province | North Maluku |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Stage | chemical |
| Chemistry or product | Mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), nickel and cobalt |
| Capacity (kt/yr) | 120 |
| Capacity basis | Nameplate, nickel contained in MHP |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Operating since 2023; legacy record placed it on Obi Island, which is the Harita-Lygend HPAL (see its own row) |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2023 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 1. |
| Customers and offtakers | Huayou captive (to Tongxiang) |
| Feedstock | Nickel laterite ore (Obi Island) |
| Metal inputs | Ni / Co |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Huayue Nickel Cobalt (Morowali HPAL) (Huayou Cobalt) | Indonesia | operational |
| Tongxiang pCAM Base (Huayou Cobalt) | China | operational |
| Acs Cathode Plant (Huayou Cobalt) | Hungary | under construction |
| Indonesia JV (QMB New Energy) (GEM) | Indonesia | operational |
| Obi Island HPAL (Halmahera Persada Lygend) (Harita Nickel and Lygend) | Indonesia | operational |
| Indonesia Battery Integration Project (CATL (Brunp) with Antam and IBC) | Indonesia | under construction |
| Indonesia JV (Stargate) (CNGR Advanced Material) | Indonesia | under construction |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Huafei Nickel Cobalt (Weda Bay HPAL) (Huayou Cobalt)
- Sources
- ElectronsX cathode dataset; company disclosures and filings
- Updated
- 2026-10