Italy's De Nora to recover lithium from used batteries in Japan
13/03/2025 10:34
ROME, March 13 (Reuters) - Italian electrochemistry group De Nora DNR.MI said on Thursday it had signed a contract in Japan for a plant that would extract lithium from spent batteries. De Nora described its client as a "major Japanese player", without naming the company. It said its Japanese subsidiary would "provide a cutting-edge plant to recover lithium hydroxide from used batteries" in a statement. The recovered lithium would be made available for new batteries, it added. The company said the contract fitted with its strategy to expand in Asia, following up last year's opening of a new plant in Okayama, in Western Japan. (Writing by Alvise Armellini, editing by Giulia Segreti) ((alvise.armellini@thomsonreuters.com;))