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Umicore to Build Battery Recycling Plant in Belgium

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Umicore will build an industrial scale recycling facility for end-of-life rechargeable batteries in Hoboken, Belgium. million) is expected to start operating in the first half of 2011. The new industrial operation will use Umicore’s proprietary and patented Ultra High Temperature Smelting technology.

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Solvay launches rare earth recycling activity in France

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Belgium-based chemical group Solvay has opened two rare earth recycling units in France. First launched in 2007, the project required two years of research and development followed by two years of industrialization studies and site selection. The investment was officially approved in 2011.

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Frost & Sullivan forecasts rapid growth in tire pressure monitoring systems market; $386.6M by 2018

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million in 2011 will reach $386.6 By 2014, nearly 38% of vehicles in North America will feature TPMS—a 13% increase from 2011—thus, increasing the addressable market size. —Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Kumar Saha. In 2011, only about 2.3% new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. million by 2018.

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Axens, Total and IFPEN launch new technology for bio-ethylene production through dehydration of bio-ethanol

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The development level of the ethylene industry is one of the important indicators to measure the economic power of a country, and plays a vital role in the national economic development. That petroleum resources are becoming increasingly strained restricts the development of the ethylene industry.

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PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Electric sign a European Cooperation Agreement for the co-development of electromobility solutions; BEVs and PHEVs

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GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions will supply and deploy the infrastructure products needed to make the projects possible, in particular charging stations and installer network. The agreement would see GE Capital lease EV vehicles across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

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NMCA shown to be a promising cathode material for high-power and safe Li-ion batteries

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A team of researchers from CNRS, IPB and SAFT in France and UMICORE in Belgium report on the synthesis and performance of a new high-power cathode material for Li-ion batteries (NMCA) in a paper in the Journal of Power Sources. Biensan (2011) Li(Ni 0.40 Li 1.11 (Ni 0.40 Al 0.05 ) 0.89 Li 1.11 (Ni 0.40 Al 0.05 ) 0.89 Al 0.05 ) 0.89

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LanzaTech gas fermentation technology at core of €14.6M EU Steelanol project; 25K t/year demo plant

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LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology ( earlier post ) is at the core of the new Horizon2020 Steelanol project (2015-2018), which seeks to produce bioethanol via an innovative gas fermentation process using exhaust gases emitted by the steel industry. million) project is coordinated by steelmaker Arcelormittal Belgium NV.

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