BASF, Fortum, Nornickel agree to plan battery recycling hub

Reuters

Published Mar 06, 2020 07:42

BASF, Fortum, Nornickel agree to plan battery recycling hub

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's BASF (DE:BASFn), Finland's Fortum (HE:FORTUM) and Russia's Nornickel (MM:GMKN) on Friday said they signed an agreement to map out a battery recycling cluster in Finland to cater the electric vehicle market.

"By recycling valuable metals in lithium-ion batteries we reduce the environmental impact of electric car batteries by complementing the supply of cobalt, nickel and other critical metals from primary sources," Fortum executive Tero Hollaender said.