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GM and Element 25 to expand US EV supply chain with domestic manganese sulfate production

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General Motors and Australia-based Element 25 Limited announced an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate (MnSO 4 ) annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America. GM continues to strengthen its domestic supply base for EV production.

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GM and Element 25 to expand U.S. EV supply chain with domestic manganese sulfate production

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General Motors and Element 25 announced today an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America.

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Benchmark: battery demand for manganese set to increase 8-fold this decade

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General Motors has invested in Element25 ( earlier post ), which is building a manganese refinery in Louisiana, and this month also backed Mitra Chem, a Silicon Valley company which is developing lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) cathodes ( earlier post ).

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GM invests in manganese sulfate production plant for EV batteries

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General Motors Co. (GM) GM) signed a supply agreement with Element 25 Limited (E25) for battery-grade manganese sulfate, a key component in lithium-ion battery cathodes. Element 25 agreed to supply General Motors with 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate annually.

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GM sourcing components for the Chevy Volt produced from recycled oil-soaked plastic booms from BP spill

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General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year into parts for the Chevy Volt. We reuse and recycle material by-products at our 76 landfill-free facilities every day. Click to enlarge.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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Across Texas, Louisiana and other mineral-rich states, it’s unclear who owns the millions of metric tons of lithium locked in salty brines underneath U.S. Global lithium demand is expected to outpace supply by 500,000 metric tons annually by 2030. The path is even murkier for water that is extracted alongside crude oil.