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GM and Glencore enter multi-year cobalt supply agreement

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Cobalt is an important metal in the production of EV batteries, and the cobalt processed from Australia will be used in GM’s Ultium battery cathodes, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. Cobalt is a metal that makes up only 0.001% of the earth’s crust.

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US DOD awards MP Materials $35M heavy rare earth processing contract

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It will also enable the company to recycle all recoverable rare earths from end-of-life magnets and magnet production scrap, increasing the resiliency and environmental sustainability of the domestic supply base. MP Materials’ operations provide certainty of US provenance and sustainability.

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GM and MP Materials enter long-term supply agreement to scale rare earth magnet sourcing and production in US

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Rare earth materials sourced from Mountain Pass will be transformed into metal, NdFeB alloy and magnets at a new production facility MP Materials today announced it will build in Fort Worth, Texas, delivering an end-to-end US supply chain.

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Linear Labs closes $4.5M seed round to fund commercialization of new electric motor technology

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Next-generation electric motor company Linear Labs (LL) closed a $4.5-million Compared to the top permanent magnet motor on the market, it produces two times the torque density, three times the power density, two times the output per given motor size and minimum 10% more range, the company claims. million seed round led by Science Inc.

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation

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There’s much hand-wringing in the press these days about battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. The company has won some $45 million in contracts with the US Defense Department to expand its heavy rare earth element (HREE) processing capacity. How many companies are providing rare earths from within the US or Europe?

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation – Charged EVs

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There’s much hand-wringing in the press these days about battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. The company has won some $45 million in contracts with the US Defense Department to expand its heavy rare earth element (HREE) processing capacity. How many companies are providing rare earths from within the US or Europe?

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The fleets include two utility fleets, five cities and towns, three counties, ten private companies, two state fleets, ten school districts, and two universities. The project will deploy refueling stations and alternative fuel vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The vehicles will be deployed across the state.