The recent event, held in Harjavalta Hall, was part of the environmental impact assessment process. In practice, the company is increasing its production in two parts. Over the next year, nickel production is expected to increase from 60,000 tons to.
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel ramps up Finnish output to prevent EU-wide nickel shortage
April 14, 2021
Plans to almost double nickel output at Nornickel’s Finnish facility come as a boost to Europe’s fast-growing electric vehicle industry.
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-quality nickel and a major producer of platinum, cobalt and copper, has announced plans to increase production at its state-of-the-art nickel plant in Finland.
The expansion plan is driven by the growing demand in the European market for responsible battery raw materials with some of the lowest carbon emissions in the industry, and the announcement comes at a good time for the European Union, which is currently ramping up production of electric vehicles, including the construction of a Tesla factory near Berlin, Germany. Poland also has plans to build an electric car plant over the next few years to produce its own fully-electric vehicle, the Izera.
Nornickel to boost production at Finnish nickel refinery 14 April 2021 (Last Updated April 14th, 2021 12:00)
Nornickel plans to increase production at its nickel refinery in Finland due to the surging demand for battery raw materials in the European market.
Nornickel plans to increase production at the NN Harjavalta plant. Credit: Cristina Gavrila on Unsplash.
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Nornickel plans to increase production at its nickel refinery in Finland due to the surging demand for battery raw materials in the European market.
Mainly powered by renewable energy, the Harjavalta plant uses sulphuric acid leaching for nickel semi-products to enable hydrometallurgical production of high purity nickel.
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