Phosphorus recovery plant in Helsingborg
EasyMining is building Sweden’s first Ash2Phos plant in Helsingborg, set to begin operations in 2029. The facility will double Europe’s capacity for sustainable phosphorus recovery.
Using EasyMining’s patented Ash2Phos technology, the plant will recover high-quality phosphorus and other valuable co-products from 30,000 tonnes of sewage sludge ash each year.
The facility will be located on the former site of Kemira’s Ecox business, taking advantage of existing infrastructure and an integrated supply of raw materials.
With SEK 51 million in funding from Klimatklivet, Sweden’s national climate investment programme, the plant will strengthen local production and Sweden’s self-sufficiency in this critical resource.
Phosphorus, one of the key nutrients in mineral fertiliser and feed, is crucial for agriculture to be able to produce enough food. Today, Europe is highly dependent on phosphorus mined in a few other countries. This leads to large climate emissions, creates great supply risk, and makes the EU vulnerable to wild price fluctuations.
Ash2Phos is our circular solution that recovers phosphorus from sewage sludge ash, a renewable mineral concentrate from wastewater treatment. The technology achieves high phosphorus recovery while also extracting valuable metals like iron and aluminium, commonly used to bind phosphorus in sewage.
