Status
Operational: status carried from the legacy record
Process: mechanical. Capacity: 10,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Fortum (Finnish state energy company) hydromet recycling; Northvolt anchor customer for Nordic cell supply chain loop; expanding to 200kt by 2030; hydro-powered low-carbon process.
Customers and offtakers: Northvolt / multiple Nordic OEMs.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Fortum Battery Recycling |
| Plant | Ikaalinen Mechanical Plant |
| City | Ikaalinen |
| State or province | Pirkanmaa |
| Country | Finland |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | mechanical |
| Output stage | black mass |
| Input chemistries | NMC, LFP |
| Output products | Black mass (refined at Fortum Harjavalta) |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 10000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Status carried from the legacy record; not re-verified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2020 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.3 |
| Customers and offtakers | Northvolt / multiple Nordic OEMs |
| OEM partnerships | Northvolt (primary Nordic) |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | Yes |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: fortum.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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harjavalta Hydromet Plant (Fortum Battery Recycling) | Finland | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Ikaalinen Mechanical Plant (Fortum Battery Recycling)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10