Eramet and Suez choose Dunkirk for their electric vehicle battery recycling plant
22 Setembro 2023 - 3:30AM
Eramet and Suez choose Dunkirk for their electric vehicle battery
recycling plant
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Eramet and Suez
choose Dunkirk for their electric vehicle
battery recycling plant
Eramet, the European mining and
metallurgical leader and SUEZ, a leader in circular solutions in
water and waste, have announced Dunkirk as the
location for their future
industrial complex for recycling lithium-ion
electric vehicle batteries. This
project will enable the strategic metals
used in batteries to be recycled in a closed loop, helping to
secure the metal supplies needed for Europe’s energy
transition.
The project involves an upstream
dismantling plant and a downstream metal extraction plant.
The final investment decision for the project is expected
by the end of 2023 for the upstream
plant, with a
target start-up in 2025, and by the end of 2024
for the downstream plant, with a target
start-up in 2027.
Eramet and SUEZ have chosen the Grand Port
Maritime de Dunkerque (59) as the location for their joint project
ReLieVe. This choice is a key step in the development of the
innovative battery recycling project initiated by the two partners
in 2019.
A pilot plant to continuously test and validate
the refining process on a pre-industrial scale is about to be put
into operation in Trappes (78), on the site of Eramet's research
center.
The project involves the construction of two
facilities::
- An "upstream" blackmass dismantling
and production plant expected to start in 2025, with a processing
capacity of 50 000 tons of battery modules per year, the
equivalent of 200,000 electric cars batteries.
- A "downstream" hydrometallurgy
plant to extract and refine the strategic metals contained in the
blackmass (nickel, cobalt, lithium), allowing them to be reused in
the production of new batteries.
Within this project, the two partners will
combine their respective expertise:
- SUEZ in the collection, sorting,
preparation, dismantling and recycling of materials from used
batteries.
- Eramet for the development of
hydrometallurgical technology to recycle the strategic metals
contained in the blackmass..
The performances obtained during the development
process indicate that it is possible to meet or exceed the
requirements of the future European regulations1 with a reduced use
of natural resources and a reduced carbon footprint.
A recycling plant located in the heart
of the “battery
valley”
The Dunkirk site is ideally positioned at the
heart of the "battery valley" that is emerging in the Hauts de
France region. Several battery production plants, (gigafactories),
are due to open in the region over the next few years.
Eramet has received a grant from the European
Union and BPI totaling €80 million in order to finance
pre-industrialization studies, plant construction and operating
costs for the first 10 years of operation.
Christel Bories, Chair and CEO of Eramet: "The
progress of the ReLieVe project confirms our desire to move forward
with the creation of a battery recycling sector in France. New
‘urban’ mines are being set up on European territory: as a
responsible mining player, our role is to develop this resource and
give it a second life, with a considerably reduced environmental
impact.”
Sabrina Soussan, Chairman and CEO of SUEZ: "With
the rise of the electric vehicle market, the recycling of used
batteries is becoming a key issue in the circular economy. As a
leader in waste sector, SUEZ provides innovative and resilient
solutions to limit the consumption of virgin raw materials and
secure supplies of secondary raw material”.
Contacts:
MEDIA CONTACT SUEZSUEZ Press
OfficeEmail:
suez.media@suez.comTel: +33 6 32 18 39
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INVESTOR RELATIONS
ERAMETInvestor Relations
DirectorSandrine Nourry-DabiEmail:
sandrine.nourrydabi@eramet.comTel: +33 1 45 38 37
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MEDIA CONTACT ERAMETMedia Relations
ManagerFanny MounierEmail:
fanny.mounier@eramet.comTel: +33 7 65 26 46 83
Image 7Marie ArtznerEmail:
martzner@image7.frTel: +33 6 75 74 31
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About ErametEramet transforms
the Earth’s mineral resources to provide sustainable and
responsible solutions to the growth of the industry and to the
challenges of the energy transition. Its employees are committed to
this through their civic and contributory approach in all the
countries where the mining and metallurgical group is present.
Manganese, nickel, mineral sands, lithium, and cobalt: Eramet
recovers and develops metals that are essential to the construction
of a more sustainable world. As a privileged partner of its
industrial clients, the Group contributes to making robust and
resistant infrastructures and constructions, more efficient means
of mobility, safer health tools and more efficient
telecommunications devices. Fully committed to the era of metals,
Eramet’s ambition is to become a reference for the responsible
transformation of the Earth’s mineral resources for living well
together. www.eramet.com
About SUEZFaced with growing
environmental challenges, SUEZ has been delivering essential
services that protect and improve our quality of life for more than
160 years. SUEZ provides its customers with innovative and
resilient solutions for water and waste services. With 40 000
employees across 40 countries, the Group works with customers to
create value over the full lifecycle of their assets and services,
and to drive their low carbon transition. In 2022, SUEZ provided
drinking water for 68 million people worldwide and sanitation
services for more than 37 million people. The Group generated 3.7
TWh of energy from waste and wastewater, and avoided 4 million tons
of CO2 emissions. In 2022, SUEZ has generated revenues of 8.8
billion euros*. For more information: www.suez.com/ Twitter
@suez
*restated on a 12-month basis.
1 European regulations require that 90% of
cobalt, copper and nickel and 50% of lithium to be recycled by
2027, and 95% of cobalt, copper and nickel and 80% of lithium by
2031.
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