{"id":108134,"date":"2025-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/nextsource-to-build-battery-anode-plant-in-abu-dhabi\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T00:00:00","slug":"nextsource-to-build-battery-anode-plant-in-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/10\/03\/nextsource-to-build-battery-anode-plant-in-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"NextSource to build battery anode plant in Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>A <\/strong><strong>new battery <\/strong><strong>anode facility: <\/strong>Canadian battery materials developer NextSource is moving forward with plans to establish a 30k tons per annum (tpa) battery anode facility in the UAE after completing a technical and economic study and securing an industrial site in Abu Dhabi\u2019s Industrial City (ICAD), according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextsourcematerials.com\/nextsource-materials-announces-positive-results-of-technical-economic-study-for-proposed-battery-anode-facility-in-the-uae-and-secures-industrial-site-with-building-in-abu-dhabi\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. The company has also launched a process to bring in strategic partners to help finance the project, which is central to its target of becoming vertically integrated by 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Production and economics: <\/strong><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">The facility will be built in two phases; phase 1 targets 14k tpa capacity of anode active material (AAM), while the full build-out will bring output to 30k tpa. Initial production is scheduled for 4Q 2026, with full output expected by early 2028. The project carries a total capex of USD 291 mn, including USD 13 mn in sunk costs, with phase 1 estimated at USD 150 mn. Forecasts put expected annual revenue at USD 195 mn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The firm chose the site due to its proximity to ports, industrial hubs, and transport corridors<\/strong> that make it easy to serve both local and global EV supply chains, as well as its expedited permit process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Backed by Mitsubishi offtake:<\/strong> The project supports NextSource\u2019s multi-year supply agreement with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, inked in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextsourcematerials.com\/nextsource-materials-executes-binding-offtake-agreement-with-mitsubishi-chemical-corporation-to-supply-superflake-graphite-anode-material-for-the-north-american-ev-market\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">August<\/a>, for 9k tpa of AAM destined for the North American EV market. The Abu Dhabi facility is designed to cover Mitsubishi\u2019s requirements and support further original equipment manufacturer (OEM) offtakes. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Decoupled from China: <\/strong>The plant will produce natural graphite AAM for EV lithium-ion batteries, offering a fully traceable supply chain that bypasses China. With graphite making up 95% of an anode\u2019s weight \u2014 and 35% of a battery\u2019s total \u2014 the facility aims to provide a compliant alternative source for US and allied markets. NextSource and Stantec \u2014 its engineering partner \u2014 developed a UAE-compliant design using established processing tech to shorten qualification times for OEMs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The project carries a total capex of USD 291 mn, with forecasts putting annual revenue at USD 195 mn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1545],"tags":[1360,7,194,64],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-108134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manufacturing","tag-abu-dhabi","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-evs","tag-manufacturing","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"5bb9fc80-7fb9-4ef6-a74c-e0777ccd1694","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/1\/224.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"NextSource to build battery anode plant in Abu Dhabi","related_issue":[108120],"teaser":"The project carries a total capex of USD 291 mn, with forecasts putting annual revenue at USD 195 mn","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/10\/.59f129f7-806d-46ea-959d-485200ad8023.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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