Kick-off for battery recycling plant for the production of black mass at BASF in Schwarzheide, Germany

BASF is building a battery recycling plant for the production of black mass at its Schwarzheide site in Germany, which is scheduled to come on stream in 2024.
Earth work has been could be finalized and first concrete is poured.

End-of-life batteries and waste from battery production are mechanically processed in the new plant for black mass production. So called black mass contains key metals used to make cathode active materials: lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese.