BASF to build commercial scale battery recycling plant in Germany
BASF is going to build a commercial scale battery recycling black mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The Annual processing capacity will be in the region of 15,000 tons of EV batteries and production scrap. The site is an ideal location for the build-up of battery recycling activities given the presence of many EV car manufacturers and cell producers in Central Europe. This investment will create about 30 new production jobs, with the start up planned for early 2024. Black mass production is the first step in the battery recycling process and is based on mechanical treatment of the batteries. The produced black mass contains high amounts of the key metals used to produce new batteries which are lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese. It will be the feedstock for the commercial hydrometallurgical refinery for battery recycling that BASF plans to build mid of this decade.
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