Status
Under construction: Announced 2023 (about $1.3 billion, 100 kt target)
Product: NMC high-nickel. Capacity: not published.
Huayou first European CAM plant, Acs, Hungary; part of the Chinese battery cluster around Debrecen and Komarom.
Customers and offtakers: European cell plants (CATL Debrecen, Samsung SDI Goed, SK On).
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Huayou Cobalt |
| Plant | Acs Cathode Plant |
| City | Acs |
| State or province | Komarom-Esztergom |
| Country | Hungary |
| Stage | CAM |
| Chemistry or product | NMC high-nickel |
| Status | under construction |
| Status note | Announced 2023 (about $1.3 billion, 100 kt target); construction status unverified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2026 |
| Customers and offtakers | European cell plants (CATL Debrecen, Samsung SDI Goed, SK On) |
| 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 |
| Tongxiang pCAM Base (Huayou Cobalt) | China | operational |
| Debrecen CAM Plant (EcoPro BM) | Hungary | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Acs Cathode Plant (Huayou Cobalt)
- Sources
- ElectronsX cathode dataset; company disclosures and filings
- Updated
- 2026-10