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JULY 30, 2023

In November 2021, Finnish Minerals Group announced that it was negotiating with China-based Beijing Easpring Material Technology on the possibility to establish a cathode active materials (CAM) plant in Kotka, Finland. Battery material plants located close to each other have a good chance of benefiting from one another.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Vanadium is a critical raw material according to the European Commission and features superior energy density compared to other battery materials. Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

FREYR Battery and Nidec Corporation, a globally leading producer of high-efficiency electric motors and a leader in the energy storage systems (ESS) space, have established a downstream joint venture, now called Nidec Energy AS. FREYR first announced a broad partnership with Nidec in August 2022. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 12, 2022

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has established a technology resources campus and business unit in Japan. Japan is a global center for battery development, and consequently home to some of the most experienced and capable lithium-ion battery cell experts in the world.

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JULY 24, 2022

Umicore plans to construct a manufacturing facility for cathode active battery materials (CAM) and their precursor materials (pCAM) in Ontario, Canada. Umicore is in negotiations with several potential customers for production contracts in North America. Access to renewable energy across its sites is a key lever to reaching this goal.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring Material Technology have been investigating and negotiating the possibility to establish a cathode active materials (CAM) plant in Kotka, Finland with an initial capacity of 50,000 t/a and potential for future expansion for the production of cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Porsche and joint venture partner Customcells, a spin-off from Fraunhofer, also announced the launch of production of high-performance battery cells at Porsche’s Weissach Development Center. With this material, it now seems possible to increase the power density compared to current series batteries significantly.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

BASF has officially broken ground for its new cathode active materials (CAM) production plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The new plant is part of BASF’s multi-step investment plan in the European battery materials market and will use precursors (PCAM) from the company’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 The advancements in battery chemistries and technologies, upsurge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, evolving regulatory scenario, and increasing consumer preferences toward EVs are expediting market growth worldwide.

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JULY 2, 2022

Keliber is a Finnish mining and battery chemical company which owns the Keliber project, an advanced lithium hydroxide project located in the Kaustinen region of Finland which intends to sustainably produce battery grade lithium hydroxide utilizing its own ore. Earlier post.). —Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

is expanding its strategic plan to provide battery-grade nickel and cobalt, recycled battery materials and precursor material to the North American battery supply chain. will change its name to Electra Battery Materials Corporation. Canada-based First Cobalt Corp. To better reflect the company’s vision, First Cobalt Corp.

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JULY 13, 2022

The selected projects are located in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. emissions coming from exhaust gases produced during lime production and store them permanently in offshore geological formations in France. A third project will capture the CO?

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MAY 21, 2021

BASF and Shanshan, a leading lithium-ion battery materials supplier serving both the e-mobility and the consumer electronics (CE) market, have agreed to form a BASF majority-owned joint venture (BASF: 51%; Shanshan: 49%) to produce cathode active materials (CAM) and precursors (PCAM) in China. —Zhihua Li, President of Shanshan.

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APRIL 26, 2021

million by Business Finland, the Finnish Government’s organization for innovation funding and trade, travel and investment promotion. The common goal is to secure the Finnish powertrain industry’s position as a global technology leader by creating a common vision and sustainable business solutions.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Umicore has signed a long-term agreement with Finland-based Terrafame Ltd. Terraframe produces nickel and cobalt sulfates, which are used as battery chemicals. Terraframe produces nickel and cobalt sulfates, which are used as battery chemicals. for the supply of low-carbon, sustainable high-grade nickel sulfate. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 29, 2017

BASF and Russia-based PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel ( Nornickel ) signed a Memorandum of Understanding and entered exclusive negotiations to cooperate on the supply of raw materials for future battery materials production for lithium-ion batteries in Europe. —Sergey Batekhin, Head of Sales, Commerce and Logistics at Nornickel.

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JUNE 28, 2023

—Jan-Olof Mattsson, CEO of Mattsson Åkeri Since Volvo Trucks started production of all-electric trucks in 2019, the company has sold nearly 5,000 electric trucks in 40 countries around the world. Globally, Volvo Trucks has set the target that half of all trucks sold are electric by 2030. truck combinations on most roads.

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JULY 9, 2021

a global supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, has joined the HiQ-CARB consortium to provide the lithium-ion battery industry with sustainable and high-performance carbon additives. The product is currently being tested by customers and will go into high volume manufacturing in the second half of 2022.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

THINK has started production of the THINK City electric vehicle at its plant in Elkhart, Indiana. The company, with global headquarters in Oslo, Norway, plans to build 300 THINK City electric cars at the facility by the end of the year. THINK will replicate the current production line, tooling facilities and processes used in Finland.

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JULY 8, 2015

Stanford Professor Yi Cui has received one of this year’s five Resonate Awards from Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Institute for engineering enhanced batteries and other sustainable energy related devices through innovations in nanotechnology. The Resonate Awards honor breakthrough achievements in energy science and sustainability.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

The lagging supply of semiconductors caused limitations in production throughout the course of the year, which ultimately had a major impact on the unit sales figures, the company said. The proportion of purely battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid vehicles nearly doubled to 7.5% if the brand’s global BEV sales in 2021.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Also, with India’s EV dream hinging on a robust domestic battery material supply chain, the government has yet to come up with an impetus like the Production-Linked Incentives Scheme for component manufacturers, even while they remain available for advanced chemistry cells.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

Finland-based Ahlstrom, a global high-performance materials company, has signed an agreement to invest in Porous Power Technologies, LLC, a US-based developer of highly porous, laminable separator membranes for Li-ion batteries. This allows increased manufacturing throughput, higher yields and reduced production costs.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Lithium-ion batteries are something which everyone prefers over lead-acid batteries, since the last ten years its been seen used mostly mobiles to every electronic appliance. Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. .

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

In total, DB Schenker’s electric light-duty trucks deliver almost silently and with zero emissions to customers in inner-city locations in 20 European cities in Germany, Finland, Denmark, UK, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Spain and Italy. The global FUSO eCanter fleet has now surpassed more than 2.5

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Norway is a monumental region for the electric vehicle transition, which reached record levels in 2021 after battery electric vehicles (BEVs) captured between 75 and 80 percent of the total market share in the country. Tesla has captured the top spot as Norway’s best-selling car company in 2021, capturing 11.6%

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JUNE 4, 2016

Researchers at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland, have developed new methods for the increasingly effective recovery of lithium from brine. The lithium and lithium carbonate used in batteries are primarily produced from salt lake deposits. The global demand for lithium increases year by year.

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MARCH 8, 2018

The European debut follows its global media reveal in Shanghai, China, in late 2017. A triple battery pack layout provides 34 kWh of storage. With our current plans to produce 500 cars per year, it’s possible that we have exceeded our production potential in these early stages. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 9, 2024

The Tenth Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 kicked off in Gandhinagar today. Over 50 Global CEOs including senior officials from the semiconductor, aerospace, and defence sectors, have confirmed their participation in the summit. times more production and 2.7 lakh units per year and increase production by 7.5

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MARCH 4, 2020

—Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics. Neither the Germans nor the Italians offer pure electric subcompacts within their product line up. We don’t anticipate any change to this trend in the mid-term, indeed these results further highlight the industry’s need to adopt EVs at a rapid pace to reach emissions targets.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Member States should also consider how fuel and vehicle taxation can be used to support greenhouse gas reductions in the transport sector in line with the Commission’s proposal on the taxation of energy products. Electric (Battery) Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Plug-ins Policy'

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APRIL 3, 2024

Global EV and plug-in hybrid sales (BEV+PHEV) topped 14 million units in 2023 ( EV Volumes ) and are projected to surpass 45 million by 2030 ( IEA ). EV charging software manages much more than just topping up the battery in an electric vehicle. EV chargers are more than just high-current electrical outlets.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Ener1, Inc. is taking the lead among a group of investors that plans to inject $47 million of equity funding into Think Global AS, the Norwegian electric vehicle producer. EnerDel and Think have also agreed to enter into a new long-term battery supply agreement as part of the transaction.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Bluejay Mining , an exploration and development company with projects in Greenland and Finland, announced a joint venture agreement with KoBold Metals , a mineral exploration company that uses machine learning to guide exploration for new deposits rich in the critical materials for electric vehicles. —Kurt House, CEO of KoBold.

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