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SK On, EcoPro Materials and GEM to build battery precursor plant in South Korea

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SK On will partner with Korea’s largest cathode material company EcoPro, and Chinese battery materials producer GEM to build a battery core material production facility in Saemangeum, South Korea. The three companies together will spend up on 1.21

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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

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and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% New Tungsten Production Will Open the Global Supply Chain. which will benefit the overall global supply chain of tungsten for production and manufacturing.

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Global EV battery market share in Jan-Feb: CATL 33.9%, BYD 18.2%

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CATL and BYD remained the top two players in the global EV battery market in the first two months, with the former's share remaining stable and the latter rising. percent from the previous year, according to data released today by South Korean market research firm SNE Research. percent share, South Korea's SK On was fifth with 5.5

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Comment on BYD catches up with Tesla in global BEV market share in Q3 by Midori Mayari

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And I'm not talking about US and Europe; rather, I'm talking about Latin America, Africa, the rest of Asia apart from China, Japan, and South Korea, and so on. More so when Tesla uses BYD batteries outside the US.

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SK IE Technology to supply separators for EV batteries to Sunwoda

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SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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This study, done in collaboration between NTU and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, showed that a 0.1 g/m 3 ) increment of black carbon is associated with a 12% increase in LADC incidence globally. The research team found that it has increased globally by 3.6 ?g/m Globally, a 0.1 ?g/m micrograms per cubic meter (?g/m

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Rystad Energy: Synthetic graphite key to meeting battery demand surge, despite ESG concerns

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As demand for electric vehicles (EVs) soars, spurred by government incentives and a push to decarbonize the transportation sector, the global battery industry is set to attract significant attention and investment. Today, about 14% of the global BAM feedstock is natural graphite, and 78% is synthetic. million tonnes last year.

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