Facility

Toyota Tsusho Lithium Naraha Plant

Primary-source record for Toyota Tsusho Lithium Naraha Plant. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with technical-grade-lithium-carbonate as input and battery-grade-lithium-hydroxide-monohydrate as output. Current state was rechecked for the Phase 2 launch-date sweep on 2026-08-18.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 18, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Naraha, Fukushima, Japan

Lithium chemicals

Toyota Tsusho Lithium Naraha Plant qualifying line

Idled

Conversion of lithium carbonate to high-purity lithium hydroxide monohydrate

Material flow

Technical-Grade Lithium Carbonate → Battery-Grade Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

Commercial production · The cited primary source identifies the line output as battery grade or battery quality. · Nov 24, 2023

Sources

Toyota Tsusho Lithium Corporation · published Aug 18, 2026 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive
Rio Tinto · published Aug 18, 2026 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive