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LANXESS enters battery chemistry business; Li-ion electrolyte production in Leverkusen, Germany

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Starting next year, the Group will produce electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries for the Chinese company Tinci. In the US, the Group is also working on the commercial extraction of battery-grade lithium, an important feedstock for the production of cathode materials and conductive salts.

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New hybrid sweetgum trees could boost paper, bioenergy production

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Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have crossed American sweetgums with their Chinese cousins, creating hybrid sweetgum trees that have a better growth rate and denser wood than natives, and can produce fiber year-round. The new hybrid varieties are already being sold commercially by ArborGen Inc., —Scott Merkle.

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