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SK On, EcoPro Materials and GEM to build battery precursor plant in South Korea

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SK On will partner with Korea’s largest cathode material company EcoPro, and Chinese battery materials producer GEM to build a battery core material production facility in Saemangeum, South Korea. The three companies together will spend up on 1.21 The three companies together will spend up on 1.21

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South Korea EV registration jumps in 2022

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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in South Korea has announced that EV registrations in the country have jumped by 72.7% South Korea has not seen the EV boom of the Chinese car market , more closely resembling the Japanese market, where electric vehicles have yet to catch on. year over year.

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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

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All car manufacturers seem to be following in the same footsteps as Tesla. and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% in the April report for the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Index.

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SK IE Technology to supply separators for EV batteries to Sunwoda

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SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer.

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CATL seen constructing new battery production facility in China

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CATL is continuing to expand battery production in China as it looks to maintain its grip on the battery cell market. But as competitors look to establish new production in the U.S., Europe, and South Korea, CATL has doubled down on its home market of China. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Rystad Energy: Synthetic graphite key to meeting battery demand surge, despite ESG concerns

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Cathode manufacturers are worried about the availability of raw materials and the possibility of shortages of critical metals like lithium, nickel and cobalt, while anode producers are more concerned with the underlying nature of the feedstock. Battery manufacturers are frantically building production capacity to meet demand.

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South Korean EV battery makers flock to U.S. after Inflation Reduction Act

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Battery suppliers from South Korea are moving production to the U.S. to compete with Chinese rivals. According to a report from Korea IT News , as part of the Inflation Reduction Act’s passage requiring U.S.-made and South Korea to challenge the market leader. production facility.