Planar nickel-zirconium catalysts prepared by powder-plasma spraying and the effect of platinum and rhodium admixtures on their catalytic properties were studied in the process of carbon dioxide methane conversion. It was found that the activity of the nickel-zirconium catalysts increases with an increase in the nickel content. It was shown that the nickel-zirconium catalysts are vastly superior to nickel-chromium catalysts in their activity.