Green Lithium large-scale merchant lithium refinery in UK announced

United Kingdom's first-ever merchant lithium refinery to supply battery grade materials for use in the electric vehicle, renewable energy and consumer technology supply chains has ...

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Solvay, Orbia JV to produce suspension-grade PVDF for batteries in North America

Belgian chemicals firm Solvay and Mexico-based Orbia have announced their entry into a joint venture framework agreement for the production of suspension-grade polyvinylidene fluor...

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ALLOX Advance Materials: Supplying lithium battery materials to Indian manufacturers

ALLOX Advance Materials is an Indian supplier of rare earth minerals in the battery production space. In collaboration with Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and ...

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US DoE announces American Battery Material Initiative

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has recently announced the launch of the 'American Battery Material Initiative', a dedicated effort to...

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Mercedes-Benz, Rock Tech Lithium sign supply agreement for battery-grade Lithium

Mercedes-Benz AG has concluded a supply agreement with Canadian-German start-up Rock Tech Lithium Inc. to secure high-quality lithium meant for EV battery production as part of a d...

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Volkswagen Group, Xanadu establish quantum simulation program for battery materials

Volkswagen Group and Canadian quantum technology company Xanadu have established a multiyear research program to improve the performance of quantum algorithms for simulating batter...

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Stellantis inks pact with GME for battery-grade Nickel and Cobalt Sulphate

In pursuit of a strong EV battery value chain in the coming years, Stellantis N.V. and GME Resources Limited have announced the signing of a non-binding MOU for the future sale of ...

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Epsilon Carbon's expansion continues: To invest INR 550 cr. in its Karnataka facility

As part of the company's phase II expansion plans, Epsilon Carbon Pvt. Ltd (Epsilon Carbon) a leading coal-tar derivative company in India announced that it will make an ...

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Northern Territory govt. ink MoU with Aleees and Avenira to set up battery cathode mfg. plant in Darwin

The Northern Territory Government has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Taiwanese company, Aleees, and Perth-based Avenira Ltd, to develop a...

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Vianode invests NOK 2 billion in battery materials plant in Norway

Vianode, a company owned by Elkem, Hydro, and Altor, has announced that it has decided to invest in its first industrial-scale plant for sustainable battery materials at Herøya in ...

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Solvay inaugurates pilot facility for solid-state battery materials in Europe

Belgian materials and chemical solutions firm Solvay has established a one-of-a-kind pilot unit for solid state battery materials, located in La Rochelle, France, to aid its R&...

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Fujifilm capitalizes $20 million in 24M Technologies, developer of semisolid batteries

Japan's Fujifilm Holdings has announced that it will invest an additional $20 million into 24M Technologies, a U.S. developer of next-generation "semisolid" lithium-ion batteries. ...

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ONE reveals 1007 Wh/L anode-free cell that enables 600-mile Gemini battery architecture

Michigan-based energy storage company Our Next Energy (ONE) has announced that it has unveiled a 240-Ah prismatic anode-free cell after a successful 12-month R&D effort. The co...

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MoEF&CC notifies Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022

Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, (MoEF&CC) Government of India has announced that it has published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 to ensure enviro...

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Volkswagen AG, Govt. of Canada explore opportunities in the EV battery supply chain

German automaker, Volkswagen AG (Volkswagen), on Tuesday (August 23) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Canada to promote electric mobility...

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FREYR Battery establishes Technology Center in Boston

FREYR Battery has announced that it has opened its first U.S.-based technology center in Boston by the company's expansion strategy. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, FREYR is...

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Faraday Institution, NREL sign MoU to develop high-capacity batteries and Li-ion battery recycling

Peter Green of NREL (US) signed MoU with Prof. Pam Thomas of the Faraday Institution (UK).

Leading energy storage research institutes from the UK and the US, the Faraday Institution and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) signed a ...

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IIT Kharagpur researchers innovate low-cost, fast-charging Na-ion batteries

IIT-Kharagpur has announced that its researchers have used nano-materials to develop Sodium-ion-based batteries and supercapacitors for next-generation energy storage technologies ...

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Ingevity Corp. invests $60 million in Nexeon, Li-ion anode materials manufacturer

Ingevity Corporation has announced that it has invested $60 million to acquire an equity stake in Nexeon Limited in a strategic move to establish the company's presence in the elec...

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EV manufacturer Komaki unveils fire-resistant LiFePO4 batteries in India

EV company Komaki has announced that it has launched fireproof batteries in India that will be available in all company vehicles from next month. The company said it has intro...

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Ascend Elements to invest $1 billion in Southwest Kentucky EV battery materials mfg. facility

Ascend Elements has announced its plans to invest $310 million in Phase 1 — and up to $1 billion over several possible phases — to build a sustainable lithium-ion battery materials...

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Syrah Technologies bags DOE loan for expansion of its Active Anode Materials facility

Syrah Resources Limited has announced its entry into a binding documentation for a loan facility up to $ 102 million from the US Department of Energy to Syrah Technologies, LL...

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Kodak capitalizes on its coating technology; forays into EV battery market

Renowned film manufacturing brand, Eastman Kodak Co. (Kodak) has made a minority stake investment in Wildcat Discovery Technologies (Wildcat), a tech firm that uses propr...

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Stora Enso and Northvolt inks JDA for developing sustainable wood-based batteries

Stora Enso and Northvolt have announced that they are partnering to create sustainable batteries using lignin-based hard carbon produced with renewable wood from the Nordic forests...

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Redwood Materials to invest $3.5 Billion on EV battery materials plant

Battery recycling firm Redwood Materials is planning to spend $3.5 Billion over the next ten years on a state-of-the-art EV battery materials plant in US state of Nevada, according...

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GM ink key Li-ion supply chain management pact with LG Chem and Livent

General Motors announced two major Li-ion battery supply chain agreements, one with LG Chem for cathode active material (CAM), and one with Livent for the supply of battery-grade l...

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Rio Tinto and Ford join forces for battery and low-carbon materials supply chain development

Rio Tinto and Ford Motor Company have announced that they have signed a non-binding global memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop more sustainable and secure supply c...

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IESA and FBICRC join forces for strengthening the battery supply chain ecosystem in India

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBI...

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Ola Electric to set up Battery Innovation Centre worth $500 million in Bengaluru

Ola Electric has announced that it is investing $500 million (about Rs 4,000 crore) in a cell research and development facility in Bengaluru. In a tweet, Aggarwal stated: "Sharing ...

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CSIR-CECRI, GODI India ink PPP pact for manufacturing Li-ion cells in Chennai

CSIR-CECRI (Central Electrochemical Research Institute) and Hyderabad-based Godi India have announced that they have entered into a public-private partnership (PPP) to operate and ...

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