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OCTOBER 22, 2018

BASF has selected Harjavalta, Finland, as the first location for battery materials production serving the European automotive market. Start-up is planned for late 2020, enabling the supply of approximately 300,000 full electric vehicles per year with BASF battery materials.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Umicore has signed a long-term agreement with Finland-based Terrafame Ltd. for the supply of low-carbon, sustainable high-grade nickel sulfate. In January, Terraframe signed a nickel sulfate supply agreement with Stellantis. Terraframe produces nickel and cobalt sulfates, which are used as battery chemicals. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 The advancements in battery chemistries and technologies, upsurge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, evolving regulatory scenario, and increasing consumer preferences toward EVs are expediting market growth worldwide. billion by 2027 from $18.75

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The plant will produce cathode active materials (CAM) with an initial capacity enabling the supply of around 400,000 full electric vehicles per year with BASF battery materials. The plant in Schwarzheide will use precursors (PCAM) from BASF’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a Li-ion battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. Additional CO 2 reduction can be achieved by using electricity from renewable sources in Finland for the recycling process. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater’s subsidiary Keliber has selected Metso Outotec to provide its sustainable soda pressure leaching technology for Keliber’s lithium hydroxide refinery, which will be built in Kokkola, Finland. For the concentrator plant, Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery includes engineering and supply of all the main equipment.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The plant is to be built by Koppö Energia Oy, a joint venture company between Germany’s Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund and CPC Finland Oy, in Kristinestad, Finland. Technology group Wärtsilä will provide the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the liquefaction and storage of liquefied synthetic methane (LSM).

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MAY 21, 2022

Emden’s maximum production capacity at the end of 2022 will be 800 units per working day, depending on the supply situation. Production for the US market will start in Chattanooga in the fall. Following its market launch in early 2021, the ID.4 Following its market launch in early 2021, the ID.4

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Wärtsilä is currently the EPC contractor for an onshore small scale LNG terminal in Finland, and has successfully delivered several small-scale power barges and a biogas liquefaction plant. ENGIE is one of the pioneers in the development of small-scale LNG markets and innovative solutions.

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MARCH 7, 2021

Keliber’s wholly owned, advanced lithium project, the Keliber project, is located in Kaustinen, Kokkola and Kruunupyy municipalities in Finland, which are among the most significant lithium-bearing areas in Europe. Based on assessments by Geological Survey of Finland, there are good indications of further ore potential in the region.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Latitude 66’s business focus is exploration and mine development with its business operations located in Finland. Founded 4 years ago, Latitude 66 is one of the leading explorers of cobalt in Europe and controls the largest exploration tenement package of any single company in Finland, currently surpassing 9,000 square kilometers.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Israel-based Galten Biodiesel has signed a NIS 225-million (US$60-million) contract to supply 60,000 of Jatropha oil to Finland-based Neste Oil, the producer of NExBTL renewable fuels, beginning in 2014. Forecasts see this year's European biodiesel market worth $40 billion. Galten operates its first Jatropha plantation in Ghana.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

FREYR Battery has entered into nine frame agreements with key suppliers for the supply of battery materials required for the Customer Qualification Plant (CQP) being built in Mo i Rana, Norway. These frame agreements will be the basis for supply of raw materials to the CQP as well as to Gigafactories 1 and 2.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

JM intended to supply eLNO to customers in Europe from two new production facilities. A second eLNO plant is also planned in Finland. Consequently this is rapidly turning into a high-volume, commoditized market, the company explained. Wh/kg cell energy density for a total 47kWh capacity, and an electrical output of 585 volts.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, has re-started production of the THINK City—one of the first urban EVs—at a new facility with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The THINK City in production at Valmet. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

First announced in June 2022, the MSP is a new multilateral initiative to bolster critical mineral supply chains essential for the clean energy transition. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened the meeting, held in New York City on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week.

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JULY 26, 2021

The global battery market is projected to grow tenfold over the next decade as battery producers seek more sustainable materials for the electrification of mobility. With our pilot plant now ramping up operations, Stora Enso is entering a new value chain in supplying more sustainable anode materials for batteries.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The Group is evaluating technical solutions offered by engineering firms BGRIMM Technology Group from China and Outotec from Finland, which will allow for the production of both NCM 6:2:2 and NCM 8:1:1 precursors depending on market conditions. The expansion will be defined depending on market conditions.

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JULY 8, 2021

Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery consists of the engineering and key equipment supply for the lithium hydroxide process, the basis of which will be the Metso Outotec OKTOP Autoclave Plant. The pilot tests conducted at the Metso Outotec Research Center in Pori, Finland, provided excellent results. Battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

The lagging supply of semiconductors caused limitations in production throughout the course of the year, which ultimately had a major impact on the unit sales figures, the company said. In the company’s home market, one in four Volkswagen vehicles was a plug-in vehicle. 6, which Volkswagen offers exclusively in the Chinese market.

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APRIL 28, 2012

Neste Oil recently supplied its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market. The fuel, which qualifies as an advanced biofuel in the US, was produced at the company’s Porvoo refinery in Finland from waste fats. We are also proud of our contribution to the US Renewable Fuel Standard.

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JULY 4, 2020

UNCTAD predicts that some 23 million electric vehicles will be sold over the coming decade: the market for rechargeable car batteries, currently estimated at $7 billion, is forecast to rise to $58 billion by 2024. For example, two-thirds of all cobalt production happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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AUGUST 23, 2022

The US is a critical strategic market for FREYR. With the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the US is on a path to accelerate the buildout of clean, localized battery supply chains, which dovetails with our long-term strategy.

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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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JULY 27, 2022

The joint battery development with Northvolt marks a step on our journey to serve the fast-growing battery market with renewable anode materials made from trees. Stora Enso’s pilot plant for bio-based carbon materials is located at the Group’s Sunila production site in Finland, where lignin has been industrially produced since 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The gigafactory will supply battery materials to Umicore’s car and battery cell customers in Europe and marks an important step in achieving the European Union’s ambition of having its own battery ecosystem that is both sustainable and competitive on a global scale.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

There will be enough capacity on the market to supply the anticipated volumes of sustainable aviation fuel to Sweden and Norway. Finland-based Neste is already producing commercial scale volumes of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel, refined from renewable waste and residue raw materials. The reduction level will be 0.8%

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JANUARY 23, 2016

Air BP anticipates this will lay the foundations for the increased adoption worldwide of jet biofuel supply. Avinor will also support Air BP in its assessment of market demand. Growing consumer awareness for responsible aviation practice also underpins the move towards jet biofuel supply. —David Gilmour, CEO for Air BP.

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JULY 15, 2021

Full-scale engine tests have been recently carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland, to assess the optimum engine parameters for running on these fuels. For the energy market, Wärtsilä expects to have an engine and plant concept for pure hydrogen operation ready by 2025. —Håkan Agnevall, CEO of Wärtsilä.

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MARCH 11, 2020

With this acquisition we will gain access to a substantial volume of used cooking oil as well as a platform to grow our raw material supply chain in North America. It will also enhance Neste’s competitiveness in the global waste and residue raw material market. — Peter Vanacker, President and CEO of Neste.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

is expanding its strategic plan to provide battery-grade nickel and cobalt, recycled battery materials and precursor material to the North American battery supply chain. Globalization has created an electric vehicle supply chain that is too long, too costly and increasingly unreliable. Canada-based First Cobalt Corp.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Finnish manufacturer Visedo is unveiling a new electric motor design at BusWorld 2017 that is optimized for the bus market and ready for mass manufacture. Visedo says that the upgrades enable it to offer the highest efficiency in the market across the RPM range, with the Visedo system being 31% more efficient than average.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), a leading global provider of battery and energy storage solutions, has taken a 22% stake in Finland-based Valmet Automotive as part of a new strategic partnership in electric automotive solutions. At the end of 2016, CATL employed more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

The newly established Nidec Energy aims to develop and supply highly competitive, integrated battery energy storage solutions (BESS) and products with low environmental impact. FREYR first announced a broad partnership with Nidec in August 2022. Earlier post.).

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. residue streams, renewable hydrogen and biogas to methanol.

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JUNE 29, 2017

BASF and Russia-based PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel ( Nornickel ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding and entered exclusive negotiations to cooperate on the supply of raw materials for future battery materials production for lithium-ion batteries in Europe. We are interested in supporting this target market with our nickel and cobalt products.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

The new plant is part of BASF’s multi-step investment plan in the European battery materials market and will use precursors (PCAM) from the company’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland. BASF has officially broken ground for its new cathode active materials (CAM) production plant in Schwarzheide, Germany.

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