# Nemaska Lithium signs 5-year supply agreement with Northvolt

Nemaska Lithium and Northvolt signed a definitive 5-year supply agreement for battery grade lithium hydroxide. Nemaska will supply up to 5,000 metric tonnes per year from its Shawinigan plant to Northvolt's Skellefteå factory.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-08-20
- Where: Shawinigan, Canada
- Value: $11.5M (10.0M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: up to 5,000 metric tonnes per year
- Products: battery grade lithium hydroxide
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Northvolt](https://endata.com/companies/7632.md) (customer)
- [Nemaska Lithium](https://endata.com/companies/33835.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/08/20/1554004/0/en/nemaska-lithium-finalizes-a-5-year-supply-agreement-with-northvolt.html), 2018-08-20: "Under this agreement, Nemaska Lithium agrees to supply, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Nemaska Lithium Shawinigan Transformation Inc., and Northvolt agrees to purchase, on a take-or-pay basis, up to 5,000 but not less than 3,500 metric tonnes per year of lithium hydroxide."

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