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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Volvo Trucks is beginning series production of the electric versions of the company’s most important product range, its heavy-duty trucks: Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX. With these new additions, Volvo Trucks has six electric truck models in series production globally—the broadest electric truck line up in the industry.

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MAY 23, 2022

Seamless electrified ecosystem required from rock to road to secure the North American automotive industry Battery development and production is strategically important for the transition to clean-energy economy and to remain globally competitive Sustainable lithium mining and processing is an essential component of this ecosystem.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

As part the trials, Teijin and Fujitsu will leverage a blockchain-based commercial platform launched in July 2022 to promote the sustainable use of recycled materials, tracing and management of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the environmentally-conscious bicycle industry. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 4, 2021

The integration provides an expanded global presence with 16 facilities in North America, Asia and Europe to serve the global customer base with a robust manufacturing footprint producing over 100 million components and assemblies annually. —Stephen Smith, Chairman, President and CEO, Amsted Industries.

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JULY 12, 2023

While most ammonia is currently consumed on-site to produce other products that are then traded, low-carbon ammonia will more often be traded as a commodity in its own right. The Americas, the Middle East and Australia are expected to emerge as major exporters with Europe and East Asia emerging as major demand centers, the analysis says.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

EIA projects most of this growth will come from regions where the consumption of energy is driven by strong economic growth, particularly in non-OECD Asia. Other significant findings of IEO2019 include: Manufacturing centers are shifting toward Africa and South Asia, especially India, resulting in energy consumption growth in those regions.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

The United States currently supports renewable diesel supply through the federal Renewable Fuel Standard; a biomass-based diesel blenders tax credit; and state level policies—all contributing to numerous announcements of new projects. —from the report, “Animal, vegetable or mineral (oil)?”.

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APRIL 16, 2022

The new index allows users to accurately track real-world movements in lithium-ion battery raw material prices relative to key cathode types within the supply chain and to track the shifting cost structure of a key component of cathode and cell supply contracts. Lithium hydroxide (CIF Asia). Cobalt hydroxide (CIF Asia).

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MARCH 1, 2021

The production freeze, which is to take place within several years, is planned for one of two blast furnaces at the Ibaraki plant. By simple calculation, the blast furnace accounts for about 10% of the group’s total production capacity. The Japanese steel industry has a total capacity of 130 Mtpy. —Nikkei report.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

BWP, LiCAP and Siemens have entered a strategic partnership to manufacture and commercialize innovative dry electrode manufacturing systems for the battery cell industry. BW Papersystems (BWP), a division of Barry-Wehmiller, is a capital equipment manufacturer for multiple industries. VP Global Product Lines.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Japanese company and Tesla supplier Panasonic announced plans on Monday to cut domestic production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries due to some vehicle sales being slower than initially planned. Despite slashing production, Panasonic saw record profits of 288 billion yen ($1.9

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OCTOBER 24, 2020

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, added a new GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) production line at its Bishop, Texas manufacturing facility to support the significant growth in its high-value GUR engineered materials portfolio. —Tom Kelly.

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MAY 13, 2022

The investment is expected to reach more than $150M in total, aimed at building a low cost, sustainable domestic supply chain for battery materials. The Series D proceeds will fund production expansion for premium 3D metal powders in its 6K Additive division and accelerate the deployment of cathode production plants in its 6K Energy division.

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JULY 17, 2020

The partnership is part of Europe’s strategic industry initiative, the European Battery Alliance, aimed at building an independent, sustainable, and resilient battery industry in Europe. As a result, the carbon footprint of the production process could even be negative. Batteries are a key technology of our time.

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JANUARY 29, 2022

Yara signed a contract with Linde Engineering for the construction and delivery of a green hydrogen demonstration plant at Yara’s ammonia production facility at Herøya Industripark in Porsgrunn, Norway. Green ammonia is the key to reducing emissions from world food production and long-distance shipping.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Zac Hollis, former brand director of Skoda Auto India, has joined Vietnamese EV major VinFast as its Asia Head. In a career spanning over two-and-a-half decades in the automotive industry, Hollis has extensive experience of working across functions in Europe and Asia.

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JANUARY 15, 2022

When the 154,000-square-foot facility is fully operational in August 2022, it will be North America’s largest battery recycling facility with capacity to process 30,000 metric tons of discarded lithium-ion batteries and scrap per year—returning battery-grade lithium, cobalt and nickel back into the battery supply chain.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

The investment is the biggest milestone to date of Cepsa’s Positive Motion energy transition plan to lead sustainable mobility and the production of green hydrogen and advanced biofuels in Spain and Portugal this decade. Andalusia has everything it takes to become one of the most competitive regions in the world for hydrogen production.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate conversion assets and supporting business functions currently operated by Jiangxi Jiangli New Materials Science and Technology Co.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

To serve a broader market and meet the needs of multiple potential partners, the company will continue testing at the Demo Plant with feedstock materials such as different cathode production scrap and black mass. The Demo Plant is a platform for further expansion and accelerating RecycLiCo’s commercialization strategy.

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

Redwood takes in end-of-life batteries, break them down to their basic metals (such as nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium) and then rebuilds those metals into cathode and anode products. South Carolina has been home to the automotive industry for nearly three decades with more than 500 automotive companies and 72,000 autoworkers.

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APRIL 23, 2021

A new report sponsored by ABB Robotics and authored by the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media auggests that concerns over EV battery supply to meet the escalation in demand poses serious risk to the growth of market share of electric vehicles, despite plans for 80 new global battery gigafactories.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, has expanded its automotive supply capabilities by signing an agreement with EV company NIO ( earlier post ), to provide innovative aluminum solutions for its fleet of smart, high-performance, premium electric vehicles.

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MAY 21, 2020

European R&D and battery production company InoBat Auto has acquired a 290,000 sq ft (27,000 sq m) facility close to Bratislava, Slovakia. InoBat says the facility will produce batteries to specifications of the vehicle manufacturer, and will enable European electric vehicle manufacturers to reduce dependence on imports from Asia.

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MAY 11, 2022

During this time, the price of natural gas in Western Europe (as reported at the Title Transfer Facility [TTF] in the Netherlands) and in Northeast Asia gradually rose from approximately $6.00/MMBtu US ammonia production has nearly doubled since 2012. MMBtu in early March 2021 to approximately $18.00/MMBtu

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JANUARY 19, 2023

The new strategic partnership will see the companies collaborate to develop industrialized anode materials that will be incorporated into SKO’s advanced lithium-ion batteries used in its US gigafactories. This unique Urbix method is agnostic to raw graphite source enabling a highly resilient EV anode supply chain.

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MAY 21, 2021

BASF will contribute its strength as a leading global CAM supplier to the automotive industry with strong technology and development capabilities, global operations footprint, as well as strategic partnerships for raw materials supply. This partnership will complement our R&D and product portfolios.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

JERA & Uniper are collaborating to facilitate the development of the initial production of 2 MTPA of clean ammonia with expansion potential up to 8 MTPA, to accelerate the production and supply of zero-carbon fuels from the US for use in the US, Europe, Japan, and greater Asia. The company is based in Düsseldorf.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Low-carbon ammonia is made from nitrogen and hydrogen derived from natural gas feedstocks, with the carbon dioxide by-product from hydrogen production captured and stored (blue ammonia). The cargo follows a number of similar low-carbon ammonia sales that have been made to customers in Asia. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2023

Crude steel production in China also increased 6 per cent to 261.6 million tonne, according to Nikkei Asia. Prices for industrial materials such as ferrous and nonferrous metals are plummeting, with steel marking a five-year low as concerns grow about a slowing Chinese economy and a resulting supply glut, reported Nikkei Asia.

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JUNE 18, 2022

Non-OPEC+ is set to lead world supply growth through next year, adding 1.9 Assuming Libya rebounds from a steep drop, the bloc’s production could increase 2.6 Nevertheless, product markets are expected to remain tight, with a particular concern for diesel and kerosene supplies. OECD industry stocks also rose, by 42.5

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

This green hydrogen can be used as fuel for fuel cells and hydrogen engines, to produce industrial feedstock and to produce sustainable e-fuels for marine, aviation, agriculture, mining and data center power. The mtu gas engine portfolio is currently being prepared for hydrogen as a fuel, thus enabling a CO 2 -neutral energy supply.

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JUNE 15, 2022

The synthesis facility will become the core of the graphene nanotube industrial hub and will be accompanied by production lines of nanotube concentrates for various polymers and nanotube dispersions to boost energy density of electric vehicle batteries. The facility is planned to have a 40 MT/y capacity.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

NEO Battery Materials, a developer of silicon anode materials, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an Asia-based producer of high-purity silicon powder through recycling silicon by-product waste from solar photovoltaic cell and semiconductor manufacturing. The recycler will remain confidential until officially disclosed.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Oil production growth from the United States, Brazil, Canada and Norway can keep the world well supplied, more than meeting global oil demand growth through 2020, but more investment will be needed to boost output after that, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual report on oil markets. mb/d by 2023 to 104.7

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A number of key Tesla suppliers from China are temporarily halting their production as the country deals with an ongoing power crunch. Foxconn affiliate Eson Precision Engineering, which produces crucial mechanical components for Tesla, noted on Sunday that it suspended its production from Sunday until Friday at its plants in Kunshan, China.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

The fundraising and formation of a manufacturing partnership are part of Nexeon’s manufacturing strategy to accelerate the supply of its groundbreaking silicon anode materials at volume in order to meet the rapidly increasing demands from its customers in automotive and consumer electronics industries across Europe, North America, and Asia.

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