Europe’s first lithium refinery opens in Germany. The facility will be responsible for producing enough batteries for 500,000 new electric vehicles per year.
AMG Lithium launched in Bitterfeld-Wolfen (Germany) Europe’s first lithium refinery. The refinery was built in just over two years and cost approximately 140 million euros.
Most of the plant’s lithium will come from Brazil. The task of the refinery is to convert the raw material into battery-compatible lithium hydroxide. Facility awaited Produces 20,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide per yearsufficient quantity for We produce 500,000 electric vehicles.
Lithium is an important component in the production of batteries for electric vehicles (EV). It is an element that is in high demand as a result of the global transition to green energy.
In response to growing demand, the EU proposed a Critical Raw Materials Action Plan in 2020, aiming to reduce Europe’s dependence on external sources of supply.
Right now, Most hybrid and electric vehicles use lithium-ion batteries. “If you also want a certain performance and driving range, the lithium-ion battery is absolutely unbeatable,” says Stefan Scherer, CEO of AMG Lithium.
In the future, Lithium extracted from European minesIt will be produced here, like those in Portugal and the Ore Mountains.
