Novel Black Mass Processing for Battery grade, Low CO₂ European Products

17 Jun 2026
Located in Main Expo Hall 3.0

Fortum Battery Recycling team is presenting a novel European battery recycling strategy yielding in high purity battery grade products of Nickel Sulfate, Cobalt Sulfate and Lithium Hydroxide to be directly returned into pCAM and CAM production. The process has a superior CO2 footprint, uses green electricity, includes inner circulation for major process consumables and creates no demand for waste waters treatment.

Europe has a dire need for internal capacities on black mass treatment and closing the battery recycling loop at close premises. Fortum aims at supporting this development with a process bringing new ways of operating for overcoming the challenges related to processing the ever-increasing number of end-of-life batteries within its sphere of operation. 

Speakers
Pekka Alisaari
Pekka Alisaari, Director, Strategic Partnerships - Fortum
Teemu Koivunen
Teemu Koivunen, Director, Battery Raw Materials - Fortum