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Battery Resourcers to open North America’s largest Li-ion battery recycling facility by August

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Battery Resourcers, a vertically integrated lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials company, plans to open a commercial-scale, lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Covington, Ga. The site is strategically located near several EV manufacturing hubs and lithium-ion gigafactories.

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Nexeon to begin commercial supply of advanced silicon anode material to Panasonic; up to 50% greater cell energy density

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a Panasonic Group company to supply the battery giant with Nexeon’s advanced silicon-based anode material that has the potential to increase the energy density of lithium-ion cells by up to 50%. This collaboration will help us drive growth of the lithium-ion battery industry and accelerate the world towards a net-zero emissions future.

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Ascend Elements to invest up to $1B in Southwest Kentucky EV battery materials manufacturing facility; Hydro-to-Cathode

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Ascend Elements 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 facility in Hopkinsville, Ky., That will go a long way toward making electric vehicle batteries cleaner. with groundbreaking expected in Q4 2022.

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Direct lithium extraction company EnergyX secures $20M in funding commitments

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The company said that the funding makes it the highest-valued direct lithium extraction technology company on the market. In 2020, EnergyX announced a pilot partnership with Orocobre Limited ( earlier post ) to deliver high-quality and comprehensive solutions that will lead to a cleaner, more efficient lithium extraction.

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SiTration raises $2.35M in pre-seed funding to support development of new separation processes for battery recycling

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The funding will enable SiTration to accelerate hiring and ramp up development of its technology for the recovery of critical materials in the lithium-ion battery recycling process. Current methods for recycling lithium-ion batteries are energy-intensive, expensive and low-yield, however.

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Cirba Solutions and 6K to form JV to produce recycled battery cathode material

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a producer of sustainable advanced materials for additive manufacturing and energy storage via the UniMelt plasma system, to produce recycled battery cathode material, thereby closing the loop in the management of lithium-ion batteries.

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Rio Tinto makes US$10M strategic equity investment in Nano One; strategic partnership on cathode materials

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This partnership and funding will accelerate Nano One’s multi-cathode (multi-CAM) commercialization strategy and support cathode active materials (CAM) manufacturing in Canada for a cleaner and more efficient battery supply chain for North American and overseas markets.