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Fortum · lithium-ion battery recovery in Finland

Mechanical processing at Ikaalinen supplies black mass to Harjavalta hydrometallurgical recovery.

What moves, and where?

ConnectionMaterial and evidence
Fortum Ikaalinen · mechanical battery processing

to Fortum Harjavalta · hydrometallurgical battery recovery

Transport not specified
Lithium-ion battery black mass

Fortum identifies Ikaalinen as the mechanical processor and Harjavalta as the receiving hydrometallurgical plant.

Undated process description; reviewed 2026-10-07

Published process relationship or announced partnership. No shipment, throughput, transport mode or surveyed corridor is inferred. Unnamed or unlocated endpoints remain explicit.

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Each connection retains its own source period and material form. A reported industrial relationship does not establish the itinerary of an individual consumer product.

Source-reported Sodir pipeline geometries retain their published parts; other drawn connections join documented endpoints schematically.

Questions for the next step
  • Facility names and towns are retained; verified recycling-plant coordinates are unavailable.
  • Receiving battery manufacturers, actual shipments and this item’s destination are not established.

Primary sources

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-07. Publication dates below belong to the original sources.

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