Status
Paused: Umicore deferred large-scale recycling in its 2024 strategy reset
Process: hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 20,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Umicore recycling co-located with Nysa CAM gigafactory; closed-loop on single site; EU Battery Regulation 2027 recycled content compliance; NMC and LFP capable.
Customers and offtakers: EU OEMs.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Umicore |
| Plant | Nysa Recycling |
| City | Nysa |
| State or province | Opole |
| Country | Poland |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | hydrometallurgy |
| Output stage | battery-grade salts |
| Input chemistries | NMC, LFP |
| Output products | Black mass; battery-grade salts |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 20000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | paused |
| Status note | Umicore deferred large-scale recycling in its 2024 strategy reset; site and timing unverified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2027 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.5 |
| Customers and offtakers | EU OEMs |
| OEM partnerships | Umicore captive (feeds Nysa CAM plant) |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | Yes |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: umicore.com
In context
Where it fits
Listed in EV Battery Recycling Facilities. Recyclers are compared on where they stop: shredding to black mass, smelting to alloy, or refining to battery-grade salts that go back into cathode plants; only refining keeps the metal in the region. See Battery Recycling for the process and the market.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hoboken Recycling Campus (Umicore) | Belgium | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Nysa Recycling (Umicore)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10