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Talga AB gets the green light for a factory in Luleå

Ebba Blume/TTPublished 2023-06-21

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Talga AB has received the green light for a graphite plant in Kiruna municipality.

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The Australian company Talga AB receives permission to start a factory in Luleå. There, the company will use graphite to produce anodes for car batteries.Already eleven years ago, the Australian-based company Talga AB investigated a graphite deposit near Vittangi in Kiruna municipality with the aim of starting a factory for battery components near the port of Luleå. The company then claimed to have discovered one of the world's highest grade graphite deposits.The mineral graphite is an important component in electric car batteries, and in order to start a battery factory, a permit was required for a graphite mine in Vittangi. The company received the green light for graphite mining earlier this year.In a judgment in the Land and Environmental Court, the company now receives permission to build a factory in Luleå, which will use graphite to produce anode material. Material, which in turn is to be used in car batteries.In the case, the key issue has been the plant's feared release of zinc into the water in Sörbrandöfjärden. The County Administrative Board in Norrbotten County has questioned whether the emissions can be allowed. However, the Land and Environmental Court assesses that the emissions do not lead to an unauthorized deterioration of the water.The license gives the company the right to manufacture up to 22,000 tonnes of battery anode material per year. For the discharges into the water, temporary conditions apply pending further investigations from the company.The planned factory is to be built on the new industrial area Hertsöfältet in Luleå.Fixed: The factory was placed in an incorrect city in an earlier version of the text.