Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2011

KORES said that Korean Li-ion manufacturers SK Innovation and LG Chem are also likely to participate in the project. POSCO plans to bid for construction of lithium-carbonate manufacturing and processing facilities in Uyuni, it added. The global lithium market has been expanding by 6% annually since 2000, according to KORES.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and four national laboratories have devised a way to make lithium-ion battery cathodes without using cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2020

The ability for US manufacturers to process powders and fabricate cathodes in the midstream supply chain for these critical materials is constrained in part by the lack of domestic raw material production and refining. Ni is produced both as a primary product from mining and as a byproduct from refining operations. —DOE-FOA-0002358.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2021

America is in a race against economic competitors like China to own the EV market—and the supply chains for critical materials like lithium and cobalt will determine whether we win or lose. At present, the US relies on imports from nations such as China and the Democratic Republic of Congo for these critical materials.

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