Status
Cancelled: Cancelled November 2025 after a $197M DOE grant was revoked
Product: LFP. Capacity: 30 kt/yr (Planned (legacy figure)).
Would have been the first large US LFP CAM plant.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | ICL Group |
| Plant | St. Louis LFP CAM Plant |
| City | St. Louis |
| State or province | Missouri |
| Country | USA |
| Stage | CAM |
| Chemistry or product | LFP |
| Capacity (kt/yr) | 30 |
| Capacity basis | Planned (legacy figure) |
| Status | cancelled |
| Status note | Cancelled November 2025 after a $197M DOE grant was revoked; ICL also left a Spanish LFP venture |
| Scale | commercial |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: icl-group.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.
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Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- St. Louis LFP CAM Plant (ICL Group)
- Sources
- ElectronsX cathode dataset; company disclosures and filings
- Updated
- 2026-10