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Aqua Metals and Yulho form strategic partnership for sustainable lithium battery recycling in S Korea

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Li-ion battery recycling technology company Aqua Metals ( earlier post ) entered into a strategic partnership with Yulho Co., a storage solution and battery materials company based in South Korea. For the equity investment, Yulho has agreed to the purchase of approximately 4.5

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Enevate and JR ES to build a battery electrode manufacturing plant in the US; foundry model

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JR ES develops and manufactures high-performance lithium-ion battery electrodes with a novel electrode and battery cell foundry model, enabling lithium-ion cell manufacturers and other partners to produce tailor-made electrodes and cell solutions.

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LOTTE Chemical, LOTTE Aluminum to build $238.7M cathode foil plant in Kentucky

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Cathode foil is one of the four major components of lithium-ion batteries. Patterson Industrial Park, will be the company’s first aluminum foil facility located in the United States and is expected to begin operation in 2025. The Hardin County operation, located on 40 acres in the T.J.

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SK Innovation to build $1.67B EV battery manufacturing plant in Georgia

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South Korea-based SK Innovation, a developer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, will invest $1.67 SK Innovation has applied high energy density ternary materials to lithium-ion batteries for mass production. SK Group has been building relationships within the United States for decades.

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it 

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Lithium-ion batteries are something which everyone prefers over lead-acid batteries, since the last ten years its been seen used mostly mobiles to every electronic appliance. Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. .

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Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring cathode materials plant proceeding as planned

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Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring Material Technology have been investigating and negotiating the possibility to establish a cathode active materials (CAM) plant in Kotka, Finland with an initial capacity of 50,000 t/a and potential for future expansion for the production of cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries.

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Report: LG Chem obtains patent for Li-ion battery separator in Europe, Japan

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Yonhap News reported that South Korea-based LG Chem Ltd. said that it has obtained a patent for its safety-reinforced separator (SRS), a key component of lithium-ion polymer batteries, in Europe and Japan. LG Chem now has SRS patents in five regions, including South Korea, the United States and China, the company said.

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