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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

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in the April report for the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Index. This primarily includes dealing with a strained supply chain on critical raw materials, like tungsten, to produce all of those EV-powered automobiles, cranes, trucks and more. New Tungsten Production Will Open the Global Supply Chain.

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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

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CAGR between 2010 and 2019, accelerating since 2016, according to Roskill Information Services. Consumption has benefited from the restructuring of the Chinese steel industry and from the new regulations prescribing stricter standards for construction. Another key characteristic of the niobium market is its highly concentrated supply.

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Mercedes-Benz announces strategic partnership and equity stake in Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis

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Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., The contract will provide a secure source of supply of battery cells for Mercedes-Benz’s electrification strategy, while Farasis gains security for its planned construction of production capacity.

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Siemens partners with Chinese R&D center TIES to develop new technologies for EV batteries

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Siemens Digital Industries Software has partnered with Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies (TIES), a major Chinese energy storage research and development center, to build an Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center. The ABTIC Innovation Center is planned to open by the end of 2019.

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Groupe Renault changes China strategy: light commercial vehicles and electric passenger cars

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With 860,000 electric vehicles sold in China in 2019, China is by far the largest EV market in the world. EV sales are expected to reach 25% of the Chinese market by 2030. Chinese ICE passenger car market. The Renault City K-ZE, introduced in 2019, was the sixth all-electric vehicle in the Renault range. It reached 3.3

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Volkswagen Group Components supplying numerous components and parts for the production of the Volkswagen ID.3

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The core components for electric cars are developed and produced for the new electric vehicles at the Volkswagen Group Components plants: the electric drive comes from Kassel; the Salzgitter plant supplies its colleagues in Hessen with rotors and stators. Volkswagen Group Components supplies core components for this vehicle.

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Yibin Tianyi commissions a 20ktpy lithium hydroxide plant in first phase of 100 ktpy plan

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Yibin Tianyi Lithium has a 5-year offtake agreement with Pilbara to take up to 75ktpy of spodumene concentrate, with an initial 60kt to be supplied in 2020. It also holds a 9% stake in AVZ, an Australian listed mining company which owns the Manono lithium project in DRC.

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