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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 China leads the demand and supply of all of the key battery materials, accounting for more than 85% of the total global supply of cathode materials, anode materials, electrolytes, and separators. billion by 2027 from $18.75

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Photo: Green Li-ion Green Li-ion has launched North America’s first commercial-scale plant to process unsorted battery waste, or “black mass,” from used lithium-ion batteries. The material is then exported overseas, most often to China and South Korea, for further processing. Get started here. –ad*

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APRIL 8, 2022

has entered into an investment agreement with the following parties to form a joint venture dedicated to the production of high-grade lithium-ion power battery anode materials. The rapid development of new energy vehicles and batteries around the world has led to a huge demand for lithium-ion batteries. Shanghai Huiyang Investment Co.,

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Automotive News China reports that Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems won a 6.9-billion billion CNY (US$1 billion) contract to supply 2.6 million Li-ion batteries for 48V systems to the SAIC-GM joint venture in China. The report comes via a statement by Wanxiang Group, the owner of A123 Systems.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Demand for lithium-ion batteries is set to grow six-fold by 2032, according to Benchmark. Accordingly, the world needs more than 300 new mines to be built by 2035 if raw material supply is to keep up with this demand, according to a new analysis by Benchmark. China currently dominates the recycling scene.

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JUNE 14, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. will supply high-power Li-ion batteries to Brilliance Auto Group, one of the largest state-owned automobile manufacturers in China. Under this arrangement, China BAK will deliver a sample order of five lithium-ion high-power battery units to Brilliance Auto by July 2012.

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JULY 18, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. has entered into a new contract to supply 540,000 units of cylindrical battery cells to AC Propulsion, a producer of electric vehicle technology based in Shanghai and California. China BAK will deliver the battery cells to AC Propulsion by the end of 2012, which will be used to power 100 electric cars.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Rising raw material and battery component prices and soaring inflation have led to the first increase in lithium-ion battery pack prices since BloombergNEF (BNEF) began tracking the market in 2010. On a regional basis, battery pack prices were cheapest in China, at $127/kWh. LFP battery pack prices rose 27% in 2022, compared to 2021.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This is the perfect location to begin re-engineering the battery supply chain to end China’s dominance in energy storage. SPARKZ says that its zero cobalt battery offers 2X the energy density compared to other zero-cobalt batteries (Lithium Iron Phosphate or LFP) being produced predominantly in China.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. announced a new contract to supply high-power Li-ion batteries to Chery Automobile. Under the contract, China BAK will deliver 1,000 lithium-ion high-power battery units in 2012 to power Chery’s Ruilin M1 electric cars.

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JULY 1, 2021

China controls the battery chemical industry, with the biggest market share for all of the five main battery materials: lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt and graphite. Lithium well-supplied up to 2025: The carbonate and hydroxide should be sufficiently supplied until at least 2025.

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MAY 8, 2019

Germany-based Voltabox AG, a provider of lithium-ion battery systems primarily used in buses for public transportation, forklifts, automated guided vehicles and mining vehicles, is expanding its customer base. The Northern German company uses Voltabox’s 24V lithium-ion solutions with a capacity of 6.1 kWh respectively 37 kWh.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

Graphex has more ethan a decade of commercial experience producing 10,000 metric tons per annum of battery-grade purified spherical graphite at its facility in Heilongjiang Province, China, for the power battery market. Reforme was founded by the team that developed a first in the sorting and beneficiating of iron ore.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. has received a new contract to supply high-power batteries used in the Chery Automobile Ruilin M1 electric car. Chery is one of China BAK’s long-term customers. China BAK will deliver these batteries to Chery by the end of June 2012. —Xiangqian Li, CEO of China BAK.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

a joint venture specializing in advanced automotive batteries, including prismatic Li-ion, solid-state and next-generation automotive batteries other than the first two, including batteries based on new principles. Furthermore, the joint venture will supply batteries not only to Toyota but also, broadly and stably, to all customers.

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JULY 20, 2012

A123 Systems will supply a 2MW grid Li-ion energy storage system to Ray Power Systems Co. The project in China will be designed to validate the technical capabilities and benefits of energy storage as a fast-ramping, accurate and clean resource for providing frequency regulation services.

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MARCH 16, 2016

Sysgration, a China-based manufacturer of automotive electronics products and smart home devices, has contracted with Li-ion battery manufacturer China BAK Battery for no less than 6 million units of 26650 high power lithium batteries in calendar year 2016, for use in Sysgration’s battery packs supplied to electric vehicles manufacturers.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

China-based Li-ion battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) has begun construction of its first lithium-ion battery factory in Thuringia, a state in east-central Germany. A local supply chain is another key element of successful production localization.

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MARCH 29, 2013

A team at the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei) has developed hollow porous SiO 2 (silicon dioxide, or silica—e.g., sand, or quartz) nanocubes as an anode material for Li-ion batteries (LIBs). 2001] reported that commercial SiO 2 nanoparticles could react with Li between 0.0 Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 20, 2018

China will account for more than 60% of the world’s production of wet-process separators for Li-ion batteries, with more than 10 billion square meters capacity, according to China-based market intelligence firm CCM. Separators are a key element in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with liquid electrolytes.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Under the agreement, CATL will become Honda’s partner in the field of lithium-ion EV batteries. CATL will guarantee the supply to Honda of about 56 GWh of lithium-ion EV batteries before 2027. Also, at the Beijing Motor Show in 2018, it officially announced that more than 20 electric vehicles would be launched in China by 2025.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The battery market currently represents approximately 23% of global flake graphite output and is expected to be a rapidly growing sector due to lithium ion (Li-ion) battery demand (Source: Benchmark Minerals). Specifications achieved by Syrah include fixed carbon of 99.96%, d50 of 15.64

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APRIL 23, 2022

Global lithium ion production capacity could reach over 6,000 GWh (6 TWh) by the end of the decade based on current plans, as companies accelerate gigafactory construction in Europe and the US, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. China’s CATL, Panasonic, BYD, Envision AESC, LG Energy Solution, SK Innovation, and Samsung SDI.

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APRIL 19, 2018

There is now a significant wave of interest in battery raw material supply security, mainly from Asia, to underpin the growth of Li-ion battery production over the next decade. Under the deal, LG Chem will raise around US$225 million by 2020 to set up the precursor and cathode JVs in China.

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MAY 21, 2021

BASF and Shanshan, a leading lithium-ion battery materials supplier serving both the e-mobility and the consumer electronics (CE) market, have agreed to form a BASF majority-owned joint venture (BASF: 51%; Shanshan: 49%) to produce cathode active materials (CAM) and precursors (PCAM) in China. —Zhihua Li, President of Shanshan.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In a departure from its usual approach of supplying high-capacity prismatic Li-ion cells for automotive applications, Samsung SDI will supply cylindrical 18650 format Li-ion batteries for JAC Motors’ new electric SUV iEV6S, unveiled at the 2015 Guangzhou International Auto Parts & Accessories Exhibition.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

South Korea-based steelmaker POSCO will establish two Li-ion battery material joint ventures in China with leading cobalt supplier Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt. China’s Huayou Cobalt is the largest cobalt producer in China and is capable of supplying 50% of demand from lithium-ion battery producers.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

is considering expanding production of lithium ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles to China. The electronics manufacturer has been making automotive lithium ion batteries solely at its Kasai and other Japanese plants. The Nikkei reports that Panasonic Corp.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The facility will be the company’s first alumina plant in Asia, focusing on the production of specialty solutions for lithium-ion battery technologies, used for electric vehicles. This increases the service life of a Li-ion battery by around 50%, resulting in carbon dioxide savings of ~10 tons CO 2 per kg AEROXIDE.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2012

According to a recent report examining batteries for electric vehicles from Pike Research, as manufacturing efficiencies improve and access to lithium expands, the installed cost of Li-ion batteries will fall by more than one-third by the end of 2017. billion annually in 2011 to more than $14.6 —John Gartner. (In Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Limited) for use in CATL’s next-generation high capacity li-ion batteries (LiB). In line with CATL’s supply needs, the Toyo Ink Group will be expanding the capacity of its dispersion production base, Zhuhai Toyocolor Co., in Guangdong, China.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Q1 2020 saw monthly average prices fall further to less than US$7,000/t Li 2 CO 3 for the first time since 2014, eroding price increases caused by forecast strong demand growth in the lithium-ion battery industry and uncertainty over future supply. Lithium demand by application in 2019. Source: Roskill.

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JANUARY 23, 2021

China-based battery maker CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) and its subsidiary Shenzhen Dynanonic signed an agreement with Jiang’an county government (located in south-west China’s Sichuan province) to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials plant with a production capacity of 80 tpy.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Li-ion maker Boston Power has secured US$290 million in local government financial support for the expansion of its two facilities in China. China’s EV market is expected to reach US$35 billion by 2020, with demand for high-end lithium-ion batteries hitting 100 GWh.

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MARCH 12, 2024

China’s top battery supplier, CATL, entered a joint venture with Xiami Auto and Chinese state-owned BAIC to build an intelligent battery cell plant. The joint venture company will cover the development, production, and selling of lithium-ion batteries, power batteries, and energy storage batteries.

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APRIL 20, 2012

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has updated its global Li-ion automotive battery study ( earlier post ). We also expect that cell manufacturers will supply directly to the OEMs.” We still expect the global market for Li-ion batteries to reach US$9 billion by 2015. High and low growth scenarios are shown.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

China BAK Battery, Inc. received a sample order to supply its lithium-ion batteries to FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., China BAK plans to deliver three lithium-ion battery units to FAW-Volkswagen by the end of September 2012. —Xiangqian Li, CEO of China BAK.

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