# Avalon Advanced Materials and Metso expand partnership for lithium processing facility

Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. entered into an expanded partnership agreement with Metso Corporation to advance construction of a lithium processing facility and co-develop a Technology & Innovation Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2023-10-19
- Where: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Status: announced
- Products: lithium hydroxide, battery chemicals
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Avalon Advanced Materials](https://endata.com/companies/71336.md)
- [Metso](https://endata.com/companies/240.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/avalon-expands-partnership-agreement-with-metso-of-finland-for-its-lithium-processing-facility-and-new-technology-amp-innovation-centre-in-ontario-857981901.html), 2023-10-19: "Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. has entered into an expanded partnership agreement with Metso Corporation to advance the construction of a full-service lithium processing facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario."

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