Li-Cycle forms joint venture for lithium-ion battery facility in Norway 06:12 LICY Li-Cycle has formed a joint venture with Eco Stor and Morrow Batteries. Li-Cycle will be the majority owner of the joint venture, with Eco Stor and Morrow being minority owners and Nordic-headquartered strategic partners. Through this vehicle, Li-Cycle will construct a new commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility in southern Norway. Norway is on the path of phasing out sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles by April 2022. Once constructed, the Norwegian Spoke will be Li-Cycle's first recycling facility outside of North America and is expected to have the capacity to process up to 10,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries per year. The facility is expected to be operational in early 2023. The initiative brings Li-Cycle's total expected global recycling capacity to 40,000 tons of lithium-ion battery input per year. Eco Stor will provide the joint venture with end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, along with Morrow providing lithium-ion battery manufacturing scrap from its planned battery manufacturing facilities in Norway. Li-Cycle will provide equipment, technology, technical services, and operational management for the Spoke facility, while having the right to acquire 100% of the facility's production of black mass. Construction and commissioning of the Spoke remains subject to receipt of all necessary Norwegian regulatory approvals.

