Status
Operational: status carried from the legacy record
Process: pyrometallurgy + hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 20,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
France's primary EV battery recycler; Viviez Aveyron; pyrometallurgy for NiMH legacy + hydro for Li-ion; Renault anchor; EU Battery Regulation compliant; expanding capacity for LFP wave.
Customers and offtakers: Renault / PSA-Stellantis / multiple.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | SNAM |
| Plant | Viviez Recycling Plant |
| City | Viviez |
| State or province | Aveyron |
| Country | France |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | pyrometallurgy + hydrometallurgy |
| Output stage | battery-grade salts |
| Input chemistries | NMC, LFP, NiMH |
| Output products | Co / Ni / Li salts + black mass |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 20000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Status carried from the legacy record; not re-verified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2018 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.3 |
| Customers and offtakers | Renault / PSA-Stellantis / multiple |
| OEM partnerships | Renault (primary French OEM) |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | Yes |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flins Re-Factory (Renault Re-Factory) | France | operational |
| Metz Second Life Hub (Stellantis Free2Move) | France | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Viviez Recycling Plant (SNAM)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10