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JULY 15, 2023

FREYR Battery has been awarded a €100-million grant from the European Union to support development of FREYR’s Giga Arctic project in Norway. The grant will be funded through the EU’s Innovation Fund (EUIF) as part of the EU’s efforts to promote localized production of battery solutions.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Norway-based FREYR Battery plans to make a public offering of 13,500,000 of its Ordinary Shares, without nominal value, in an underwritten registered public offering. FREYR intends to install 50 GWh of battery cell capacity by 2025 and 100 GWh annual capacity by 2028 and 200 GWh of annual capacity by 2030.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

FREYR Battery, a Nordic developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has opened its first US-based technology center in Boston in accordance with the company’s expansion strategy. The US is a critical strategic market for FREYR.

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MARCH 7, 2021

Keliber’s wholly owned, advanced lithium project, the Keliber project, is located in Kaustinen, Kokkola and Kruunupyy municipalities in Finland, which are among the most significant lithium-bearing areas in Europe. Based on assessments by Geological Survey of Finland, there are good indications of further ore potential in the region.

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JULY 26, 2021

Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. The global battery market is projected to grow tenfold over the next decade as battery producers seek more sustainable materials for the electrification of mobility. Earlier post.) Stora Enso Lignode carbon powder.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has executed its inaugural offtake agreement for at least 31 GWh of low-carbon battery cells with an undisclosed, leading global publicly listed manufacturer and provider of energy storage systems (ESS). —Tom Jensen.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Johnson Matthey (JM) has been working to commercialize its eLNO range of high-nickel cathode materials ( earlier post ), principally for the automotive industry. JM’s eLNO family of nickel-rich advanced cathode materials enables around 20% greater battery density over today’s typical equivalent battery technology.

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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. We see a lot of parallels on where the vanadium industry is now versus where the lithium industry was 10 years ago. —Darren Townsend, Chief Development Officer at Neometals.

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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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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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OCTOBER 27, 2018

The Board of Directors of Terraframe—a Finnish multi-metal company producing nickel, zinc, cobalt and copper—has greenlighted the investment of €240 million in a battery materials plant. The estimated production capacity of the new plant is around 170,000 tonnes of nickel sulfate and about 7,400 tonnes of cobalt sulfate per year.

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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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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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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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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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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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OCTOBER 29, 2022

Epsilon Advanced Materials, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Epsilon Carbon Private Limited, and Finnish Minerals Group have agreed to set up a framework for assessing the possibilities of establishing an anode material production plant in Vaasa, Finland. —Vesa Koivisto, SVP, Battery Value Chain at Finnish Minerals Group.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

The goal is to launch production in 2024 and invest in increasing the capacity along with the production over the following years. The goal is to launch production in 2024 and invest in increasing the capacity along with the production over the following years. The initial investment will be €200–300 million.

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JULY 28, 2019

Wood-based carbon can be utilized as a crucial component in batteries typically used in consumer electronics, the automotive industry and large-scale energy storage systems. The pilot plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Sunila Mill in Finland.

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APRIL 20, 2021

Johnson Matthey (JM) is partnering with Finnish Minerals Group to support development of its previously announced second eLNO cathode materials ( earlier post ) commercial plant, which will be in Finland, powered solely by renewable energy and incorporating an innovative effluent treatment solution.

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JULY 27, 2022

Stora Enso and Northvolt have entered into a Joint Development Agreement to create a sustainable battery featuring anode produced using lignin-based hard carbon produced from Nordic forest wood. Both companies bring key components, competence, and expertise to the battery partnership.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

BASF and Nornickel have established a strategic cooperation to meet the growing needs for battery materials in electric vehicles. BASF has selected Harjavalta, Finland, as the first location for battery materials production serving the European automotive market. —Kenneth Lane, President, BASF’s Catalysts division.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Keliber is a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, utilizing its own ore, in 2024. South Africa-based mining and metals group Sibanye Stillwater has increased its effective shareholding in Keliber Oy to 84.96%. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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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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MARCH 27, 2019

A new solution by Nordic clean energy company Fortum makes more than 80% of an electric vehicle (EV) battery recyclable, returns the scarce metals back into circulation and resolves the sustainability gap by reducing the need to mine cobalt, nickel, and other scarce metals. The current recycling rate for batteries is approximately 50%.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules an Important Project of Common European interest (IPCEI) jointly notified by Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden to support research and innovation in the common European priority area of batteries. stationary energy storage, power tools, etc.).

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. capture and liquefaction at a cement plant to storage in offshore sites.

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

Renault Group and Finland-based metals producer Terrafame have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the future supply of nickel sulfate. Low carbon footprint and traceability of battery chemicals are crucial factors to us, and Terrafame has a clear edge on sustainability through its unique production method.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Betolar, a Finnish material technology company that offers sustainable and low-carbon concrete production, and concrete company JA-KO Betoni, are assisting Keliber ( earlier post ), which is preparing a lithium mine in Kaustinen, Finland, in utilizing the massive side streams typically produced in the mining industry.

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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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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. billion by 2027 from $18.75

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Finland-based Keliber’s long-planned lithium project is progressing into the construction phase, as preparatory work on the lot of the lithium hydroxide refinery will be kicked off before Christmas. The refinery will be built in Kokkola Industrial Park (KIP), and it will produce lithium hydroxide. —Keliber CEO Hannu Hautala.

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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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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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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. kg CO 2 / kg NiSO 4 , compared to the industry average of 5.4 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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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

To intensify its activities in e-mobility, Finland-based Valmet Automotive is increasingly focusing on the fuel cell. On the product side, the company has high hopes for an in-house developed flat-membrane humidifier. The most promising product in the pipeline of current in-house developments is a flat-membrane humidifier.

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