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Piedmont Lithium selects Tennessee for second lithium hydroxide project; 30,000 metric tons per year

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Piedmont Lithium has ( earlier post ) selected Etowah, Tennessee as the location of the company’s planned 30,000 metric ton per year (tpy) LHP­2 lithium hydroxide operation (“Tennessee Lithium”). Planned completion and start of production is in 2025. Conceptual design of the 30,000 TPY Tennessee Lithium plant.

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Alcoa breaks ground on $275M Tennessee expansion to meet automotive demand for aluminum

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Alcoa broke ground on a $275-million expansion of its Tennessee Operations to meet growing aluminum demand for auto production. Much of the volume for the automotive expansions is secured under long-term supply agreements.

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GM investing $6.6B in Michigan to ramp up battery cell and electric truck manufacturing

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The investment includes construction of a new Ultium Cells battery cell plant in Lansing with LG and the conversion of GM’s assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan for production of the Chevrolet Silverado EV and the electric GMC Sierra. Production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV will continue during the plant’s conversion.

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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Actions such as the debt tender offer and the issuance of 0% convertible notes earlier this year, together with anticipated broader access to capital from the new sustainable financing framework, are consistent with Ford’s objectives to further strengthen its balance sheet and financial flexibility and return its credit ratings to investment grade.

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Volkswagen Temporarily Cutting Production of European EVs

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Volkswagen intends to temporarily limit production of the SEAT Cupra Born and its very own ID.3 Vehicle production will be scaled back from October 2nd through the 13th at Volkswagen's Zwickau plant (just in time for Oktoberfest) and from October 2nd to the 16th at the Dresden facility. 4 sales progress steadily as production improves.

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DOE announces conditional commitment for $259M loan to Alcoa for automotive aluminum production

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If finalized, the loan would support the company’s Alcoa, Tennessee, manufacturing facility (Tennessee Operations), where the company will produce high-strength aluminum for North American automakers looking to lightweight their vehicles. Earlier post.). Alcoa is licensing the technology to the industry at the request of auto OEMs.

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ClearFuels to Develop Co-Located Commercial-Scale Biorefinery for Renewable Jet or Diesel Production in Tennessee

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have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel. The renewable energy facility will be co-located with Hughes Hardwood’s wood component products manufacturing facility in Collinwood, Tennessee.

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