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Sourcing & Metals Management
Metal management for more effective risk management
Raw material security and metal risk management solutions are essential to enable our successful battery business.
The battery base metals are exposed to geopolitical uncertainties and market volatility.
We provide metal management services to customers to manage their risks more effectively.
We are contributing to circularity by recycling lithium-ion batteries for the global automotive industry, developing and implementing circular solutions for the materials we source, and striving to reduce our carbon footprint while meeting the growing demand for critical metals.
Effective battery metals management enables a sustainable and reliable value chain
We offer a full range of services
- Security of supply through global sourcing and recycling footprints
- Effective price risk management
- Liquidity management through trading for internal and external customers
- Global end-to-end optimization of metal flow, supply and inventory management
- Fixed and index-based pricing mechanism and forward hedges
- Established responsible sourcing management framework to enable low CO2 footprint and high ESG performance
Securing raw materials for a sustainable, reliable and competitive battery value chain
Battery base metals including lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese enable the high performance our cathode active materials.
With the fast growth global EV industry and the dynamics of base metal supply and demand, reliable, sustainable and competitive sourcing of these metal materials and precursors will be key to success for everybody in the battery materials value chain.
We welcome conversations with market players from upstream mining and processing companies to foster partnerships for the future of battery industry.
Our Sourcing & Metals Management team creates value for our Battery Materials customers through strategic sourcing and smart metals management, leveraging a diversified and responsible sourcing for a reliable metal access.
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