# Nouveau Monde Graphite signs agreement with Olin for purification pilot plant

Nouveau Monde Graphite signed a five-year agreement with Olin Corporation on October 26, 2020, for commercial space and services at Olin's Bécancour, Québec facility. Nouveau Monde will construct two pilot commercial-scale purification furnaces with a nameplate capacity of 1,500 tonnes of purified battery-grade graphite per year, slated for H2 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-10-27
- Where: Bécancour, Québec, Canada
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,500 tonnes per year
- Products: purified battery-grade graphite, anode graphite material
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Nouveau Monde Graphite](https://endata.com/companies/50383.md)
- [Olin](https://endata.com/companies/8600.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/27/2115379/0/en/Nouveau-Monde-Announces-Significant-Milestone-to-Commercialise-its-Value-Added-and-Sustainable-Battery-Grade-Anode-Graphite-Material.html), 2020-10-27: "Nouveau Monde signed on October 26, 2020 an agreement with Olin, one of the world's leading chemical companies, for commercial space and to provide chemical supply and site services."
- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/27/2115379/0/en/nouveau-monde-announces-significant-milestone-to-commercialise-its-value-added-and-sustainable-battery-grade-anode-graphite-material.html), 2020-10-27: "Nouveau Monde signed on October 26, 2020 an agreement with Olin, one of the world's leading chemical companies, for commercial space and to provide chemical supply and site services."

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