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DECEMBER 28, 2020

ABB has been chosen to supply its patented ArcSave electromagnetic stirrers as part of a substantial refit at leading Chinese iron and steel producer Guangdong Nanfang Donghai’s steelmaking plant in Guangdong Province, southern China. The order comprises two ArcSave systems for use with two new electric arc furnaces (EAF).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China dominates BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking in 2020, having quickly surpassed Japan and Korea that were leaders for the majority of the previous decade. While both countries are leaders in battery and components manufacturing, they do not have the same influence in raw materials refining and mining as China.

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JANUARY 9, 2021

On 29 December 2020, Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group announced thatits subsidiary, Yahua Lithium, had signed a five-year supply agreement with Tesla. The total value of the contract is reported to be US$630-880 million, with Yahua Lithium to provide battery-grade lithium hydroxide to Tesla from 2021 to 2025.

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OCTOBER 23, 2021

Hunan and Inner Mongolia are among the most affected areas of the battery supply chain, with the former a production hub for cathodes and the latter a hub for synthetic graphite anode processing. In the long-term, China seeks to guarantee resource security by addressing the structural issues behind the current electricity supply shortage.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Blue World Technologies has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China-based new energy vehicle manufacturer AIWAYS, with the purpose of supplying the market with vehicles powered by methanol fuel cells for fast refueling and long range. China has the largest production and consumption of methanol worldwide.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Highlights of the results include: The GWP of HPEMM produced at Chvaletice, using 100% renewable power, is 64% lower than the estimated GWP of HPEMM produced by the incumbent industry. The purity of Chvaletice’s HPMSM exceeds the published Chinese specification, as impurities in Chvaletice’s HPMSM process are controlled to a tighter level.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Conventional production of graphite not only takes place far away from battery manufacturing centers but also poses environmental challenges. China is the leading graphite producer, dominating the entire supply chain for lithium-ion batteries. Every battery manufacturer is challenged by insufficient raw materials.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Stellantis appears to be strengthening its ties in China’s automotive industry. Stellantis recently repurchased €934 million in shares from Chinese auto company Dongfeng as per a pre-existing share repurchase framework. is a state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei. Dongfeng Motors Corporation Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. CATL will invest €240 million by 2022 in the German plant, which will be located on a 70-hectare site in the industrial area Erfurt Cross. European knowledge in battery manufacturing. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Niobium is a metal primarily used by the steel industry as a ferroalloy strengthening element. Adding niobium reduces the amount and weight of steel required, an important feature for the automotive industry but also for infrastructure. Another key characteristic of the niobium market is its highly concentrated supply.

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JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. CATL will invest €240 million by 2022 in the German plant, which will be located on a 70-hectare site in the industrial area Erfurt Cross. European knowledge in battery manufacturing. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. This surge occurred mostly in China, driven by steel manufacturing.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Siemens Digital Industries Software has partnered with Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies (TIES), a major Chinese energy storage research and development center, to build an Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center. —Professor Hong Li, Chief Executive Officer at TIES.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Chinese automotive designs have been impressively derivative for ages , so pointing that out probably won’t change anything. While Foxconn technically became the first phone manufacturer to pivot toward EVs after getting involved with Lordstown Motor, its relationship with the brand came to an abrupt end when it declared bankruptcy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In Indonesia, state miners MIND ID (Mining Industry Indonesia) and Aneka Tambang (ANTAM); state utility Perusahan Listrik Negara (PLN); and state oil company Pertamina have agreed to form a new venture: Indonesia Battery Holding. The company would collaborate with Chinese and South Korean partners on projects valued at US$12 billion.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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JULY 14, 2021

Based on a substantial shareholding agreement in May 2020, Volkswagen Group entered a strategic cooperation framework with the major Chinese battery producer headquartered at Hefei. Volkswagen is thus the first global automaker to invest directly in a Chinese battery supplier. In addition, Volkswagen (China) Investment Company Ltd.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2023

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. But capacity utilisation in manufacturing and other sectors in the quarter was 74.5 per cent, 1.3

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Now, demand for anode material is expected to surge as the US battery manufacturing market grows, and the Buy American provisions of the IRA and BIL call for manufacturers to use increasing proportions of domestically-produced raw materials. The concerns go beyond mere supply shortages.

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Teslarati

MAY 27, 2022

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) said it would begin supplying German automaker BMW with cylindrical battery cells for its next generation of electric vehicles beginning in 2025. The post CATL to supply BMW with cylindrical cells for EVs starting in 2025 appeared first on TESLARATI.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

which operates an industrial precious metals business as a core company of TANAKA Precious Metals, signed a technical assistance agreement with Chengdu Guangming Paite Precious Metal Co., an affiliated company in China, in the area of fuel cell electrode catalyst manufacturing technologies. TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This first 50-ton-per-year industrial pilot will be operational in the second half of 2023 and will manufacture high-performance sintered magnets from recycled material, using MagREEsource’s patented hydrogen technology. An R&D team next to the production site will keep developing 4D magnets printed by additive manufacturing.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tesla is expanding its battery facility in Sparks, Nevada to bring the supply chain for cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP) to the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. China currently houses the largest manufacturers of LFP batteries, including BYD and CATL, which supply Tesla.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 23, 2024

The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2019

The core components for electric cars are developed and produced for the new electric vehicles at the Volkswagen Group Components plants: the electric drive comes from Kassel; the Salzgitter plant supplies its colleagues in Hessen with rotors and stators. Volkswagen Group Components supplies core components for this vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2021

Bosch and China-based premium commercial vehicle manufacturer Qingling Motors have established a joint venture in China: Bosch Hydrogen Powertrain Systems (Chongqing) Co. The new company will develop, assemble and market fuel cell systems for the Chinese market. Bosch is thus strengthening its engagement in the Chinese market.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Volkswagen operates a plant in Xinjiang as part of a joint venture with Chinese state-owned carmaker SAIC Motor. Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch says.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Total visible copper stocks (LME + COMEX + SHFE + Chinese bonded warehouses) amounted to just 560kt at the end of January, noted critical materials supply chain intelligence company Roskill—only 11kt more than the lowest recent stock level of 549kt in December 2019.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition.

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MARCH 1, 2021

Nippon Steel’s announcement is the latest example of the challenges faced by the steel industry in developed economies, notes Roskill: overcapacity and environmental regulations. The Japanese steel industry has a total capacity of 130 Mtpy. —Nikkei report.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Roskill forecasts that the deficit will increase to 2021, making continued growth of NdFeB magnets unsustainable, despite efforts by rare earth producers to increase neodymium supply. Roskill expects that by 2021 the high price of neodymium and concerns over supply availability will make projected growth rates of NdFeB demand unsustainable.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

China is stepping up its pursuit of control of the lithium supply chain, underpinned by the rapid growth of its lithium-ion battery industry building on agressive policy surrounding electric vehicle sales, according to metals and mining consultancy Roskill.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

Aggressive emission and carbon neutrality targets set by regulators worldwide entails a faster transition from traditional automakers to next-gen electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers. Prior to this, Toyota had only a few BEV models manufactured with its Chinese partner GAC Group. Toyota plans to launch 30 models by 2030.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In its Resources and Energy Quarterly, the Australian Office of the Chief Economist (AOCE) predicted that as the market moves into a phase of excess supply, lithium prices will probably fall this year and BloombergNEF’s annual battery price survey predicts the price of the Lithium-Ion battery will also likely to reduce.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2023

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. SK On has been actively building various cooperative relationships to strengthen the raw material supply chain.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

Chinese government authorities have approved Volvo Car Group’s (Volvo Cars) establishment of manufacturing plants in Daqing and Zhangjiakou. As a result, Volvo Cars’ full Chinese industrial footprint, including Chengdu, has been approved. Zhangjiakou will also supply the assembly plant in Daqing.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

The company’s Liyang facility will receive a total investment of $160 million, increasing its manufacturing capacity fivefold by 2016. The company’s Tianjin facility will grow its capacity to 4GW by 2017, and is expected to reach 8 GWh in manufacturing capacity by 2018. —Sonny Wu, chairman of Boston Power.

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