• Veolia launched a strategic metals recovery facility in France's Grand Est region to strengthen European supplies from recycled electric vehicle batteries.
• Annual processing capacity is nearly 7,000 metric tons of black mass, equivalent to 20,000 metric tons of batteries.
• Proprietary hydrometallurgical technology recovers more than 90% of the cobalt, nickel and copper contained in black mass.
• Europe's battery recycling market could reach nearly 700,000 metric tons within five years, representing more than EUR 1 billion in recoverable metals.
• Complementary battery dismantling projects are being deployed in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Slovenia.

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