Benefits for joining the fast-growing Battery Industry Ecosystem in the Ylivieska Region
- An opportunity to participate in new battery and recycling technologies development and business opportunity creation
- Keliber lithium-ion mine nearby in Kaustinen is the largest lithium-ion mine in Europe
- Johnson Matthey and Freyr battery precursor manufacturing plants in Vaasa
- Terrafame multimetal mining company’s 240 million investments in a chemical refinery plant producing materials needed in battery industry
- Active cobalt mines, planning and prospecting projects in Finland
- Boliden Kokkola, Europe’s second biggest zinc producer in Kokkola
- Freeport Cobalt, Kokkola, has a comprehensive portfolio of cobalt-based chemical and catalyst applications and products for powder metallurgy and battery industries
- Umicore Finland cobalt refinery
- Several hundred million worth of preliminary investments in precursor and cathode active material plants in the nearby region and in Finland
- Akkuser and Tracegrow battery recycling technology companies
- A vast network of subcontracting and other companies of different industries in the region
- Centria UAS, active digital factory infrastructure research field
- Other supporting projects currently running and others under planning
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