Status
Under construction: Ground broken July 2025
Product: Nickel, pCAM and CAM (planned). Capacity: not published.
CATL-led integrated nickel-to-cell project with Indonesian state firms Antam and Indonesia Battery Corporation; Brunp is the CATL vehicle.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | CATL (Brunp) with Antam and IBC |
| Plant | Indonesia Battery Integration Project |
| City | East Halmahera and Karawang |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Stage | pCAM+CAM |
| Chemistry or product | Nickel, pCAM and CAM (planned) |
| Status | under construction |
| Status note | Ground broken July 2025; about $6 billion across mining, smelting, materials, cells and recycling |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2025 |
| Geopolitical exposure | HIGH |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: catl.com/en
In context
Where it fits
Listed in Cathode Active Materials; owner profile: CATL. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia JV (QMB New Energy) (GEM) | Indonesia | operational |
| Obi Island HPAL (Halmahera Persada Lygend) (Harita Nickel and Lygend) | Indonesia | operational |
| Huafei Nickel Cobalt (Weda Bay HPAL) (Huayou Cobalt) | Indonesia | operational |
| Huayue Nickel Cobalt (Morowali HPAL) (Huayou Cobalt) | Indonesia | operational |
| Indonesia JV (Stargate) (CNGR Advanced Material) | Indonesia | under construction |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Indonesia Battery Integration Project (CATL (Brunp) with Antam and IBC)
- Sources
- ElectronsX cathode dataset; company disclosures and filings
- Updated
- 2026-10