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NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Umicore will build an industrial scale recycling facility for end-of-life rechargeable batteries in Hoboken, Belgium. million) is expected to start operating in the first half of 2011. This is the equivalent of some 150,000 HEV batteries or 250 million mobile phone batteries.
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
LeasePlan, a Dutch financial institution specializing in fleet management, and Nissan signed an agreement to cooperate in a European-wide project to launch the electric Nissan LEAF in 2011. The car will be mass-marketed globally from 2012 onwards. Deliveries of the Nissan LEAF begin in Europe in the first quarter of 2011.
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FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Umicore, a global materials technology group, is a pioneer in the recycling of rechargeable batteries; its battery recycling plant in Hoboken, Belgium, has an annual capacity of 7,000 tons of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and battery production scrap, the equivalent of 35,000 electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Belgium-based chemical group Solvay has opened two rare earth recycling units in France. The investment was officially approved in 2011. Global demand for rare earths is growing at more than 6% per year, making these elements a strategic raw material.
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AUGUST 1, 2018
—Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. Diesel’s biggest declines took place in Norway (-32%), the UK (-30%), Slovenia (-28%), Finland (-20%) and Belgium (-20%). The Golf was the top-selling car in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Latvia and Belgium. of total registrations.
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
The agreement would see GE Capital lease EV vehicles across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. million globally. In July 2011, GE Capital announced the first European supply of EV Citroën C-Zero cars to technology giant, 3M.
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JUNE 26, 2015
million) project is coordinated by steelmaker Arcelormittal Belgium NV. The project will build a demonstration plant of approximately 25,000 tons/ethanol per year—the first of its kind in Europe, and the largest facility globally built to date utilizing this technology. million (US$16.3-million) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).
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