BASF plans Finnish battery plant, signs Nornickel deal

摘要

BASF has selected Harjavalta, Finland,as its first location for battery materialsproduction serving the European automotivemarket, the German chemicals group saidMonday.The plant will be constructed adjacentto the nickel and cobalt refinery owned byNorilsk Nickel, and the company hassigned a long-term, market-based supplyagreement for nickel and cobaltfeedstocks from the Russian producer’smetal refinery.