(Reuters) - Recycler and battery materials producer Umicore said on Wednesday it would pause construction of its battery materials plant located in Loyalist, Canada.

The Belgian group said ?it had not drawn on incentives provided by the Canadian government, and added that if the construction resumes, it would access them under same conditions, including employment commitments.

(Reporting by Nathan Vifflin in Gdansk; editing by Milla Nissi)