 Johnson Matthey PLC LSE:JMAT said it agreed to sell part of its Battery Materials business to Australias EV Metals Group PLC, a global battery chemicals and technology business, for 50mln in cash Johnson Matthey will also receive a minority equity stake in EV Metals. The sale includes Johnson Mattheys assets at the Battery Technology Centre in Oxford and the Battery Technology Centre and pilot plant in Billingham, a research centre in Moosburg, Germany and the partly constructed site in Konin, Poland. 