BASF has introduced it should construct a black mass plant for recycling batteries in Schwarzheide, Germany, the place it already has a cathode energetic supplies manufacturing and recycling facility.
The corporate says the brand new plant, which is anticipated to start manufacturing in early 2024, might be constructed to the very best environmental, well being and security requirements. BASF plans to direct the lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese within the black mass to a industrial hydrometallurgical refinery that may deal with the subsequent a part of battery recycling, which it expects to be constructed by 2025.
Based on BASF, the brand new plant may have an annual processing capability of 15,000 tons of EV batteries and manufacturing scrap.
Supply: BASF
