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JUNE 22, 2021

Through HYBRIT, SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are creating an efficient value chain from mine to steel, with the goal of becoming the first in the world with fossil-free steel to market on an industrial scale by 2026. This means that we can meet the climate goals in Sweden, Finland and contribute to reducing emissions throughout Europe.

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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. It manages the State’s mining industry shareholdings and strive to develop the Finnish value chain of lithium-ion batteries.

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JULY 4, 2023

million tonnes per annum blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Raahe, Finland; its main products are hot-rolled plate and strip. The FEED study will explore the possibilities of making fossil-free sponge iron at an industrial-scale in Raahe and of building a hydrogen production plant. Earlier post.)

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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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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 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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MARCH 28, 2024

Picture this: Workers clad in standard-issue workwear, step onto the factory floor involved in cell manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs). To mitigate problems such as these for the electric vehicle industry, Finland-based Lindstrom has begun offering specialised uniforms that come with carbon filaments in the fabrics.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, has re-started production of the THINK City—one of the first urban EVs—at a new facility with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The THINK City in production at Valmet. Click to enlarge.

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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. residue streams, renewable hydrogen and biogas to methanol.

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JULY 26, 2021

Since sustainability is becoming a top priority for the automotive industry, car manufacturers and battery producers are focusing heavily on reducing carbon emissions in electric cars. Today, fossil-based carbon is used in the anodes of rechargeable batteries.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

million in funding from Business Finland in January. The development work is also augmented by a group of companies of which some have their own parallel Business-Finland-funded projects. Altogether, €6 million is invested in the development of the production of e-fuels in Finland.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Veolia has been a major supplier to the pulp and paper industry since the 1960s for HPD black liquor evaporation systems. The Veolia black liquor evaporation systems for the pulp and paper industry feature methanol rectification and handling systems, among other characteristics.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

In addition to the JV with KSP, which is intended to position the partners among the largest battery manufacturers in the US, FREYR has already established a long-term partnership with 24M Technologies, also based in the Boston area.

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JULY 15, 2023

Giga Arctic, which has been under development since FREYR’s Board of Directors sanctioned the start of construction in June 2022, is designed to be a 29 GWh nameplate capacity facility based on the 24M Technologies SemiSolid manufacturing platform and powered with 100% renewable hydroelectricity.

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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, the CEO of FREYR.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The twelve Member States will provide up to €2.9 billion (US$3.5 billion) in funding in the coming years.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

At the same time, the project creates a new form of economic activity in the Kymenlaakso region and Finland in general. We will bring our most advanced technology and most automated production line to Finland. The plant capacity has been set at 20,000 tonnes a year for the initial phase.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

FREYR has commenced building the first of its planned factories in Mo i Rana, Norway and announced potential development of industrial scale battery cell production in Vaasa, Finland, and the United States.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

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. We are therefore backing the expansion of battery manufacturing which uses the latest and most environmentally friendly materials.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The Government then granted (US$111 million) billion over a period of three years to a green transition of the industrial sector. With the Green Platform, the policy instruments stimulate more value-creating low-emission industries, jobs and export opportunities. —Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre.

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JUNE 21, 2021

At BASF’s manufacturing facilities for primary products of cathode materials in Harjavalta, Finland, and for cathode materials in Schwarzheide, Brandenburg, Germany, BASF will be able to produce battery materials with an industry-leading low carbon footprint from 2022. The battery cell is the combustion chamber of the future.

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JUNE 5, 2024

Photo: Kempower Finnish EV charger manufacturer Kempower officially opened its first US DC fast charger factory in Durham, North Carolina. Kempower already has three DC fast charger factories in Lahti, Finland, and the new factory in North Carolina, a leased 14,000-square-meter (154,000-square-foot) space, is its fourth.

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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. A second eLNO plant is also planned in Finland. The first facility in Poland is under construction and is to be completed in 2022, for commercial production in 2024.

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MARCH 27, 2022

We see a lot of parallels on where the vanadium industry is now versus where the lithium industry was 10 years ago. Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia. We believe that in the next 10 years vanadium will be the ‘new lithium’.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Delays in getting electrical service hooked up represent one of the biggest roadblocks to building more EV charging hubs, and several industry insiders have told Charged that a major reason for those delays is a shortage of transformers. The company recently announced plans to invest $1.5 The new plant is slated to come online in 2027.

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APRIL 11, 2020

In a three-year Business Finland BioFlex project, VTT—the Finnish state-owned research agency—and partners are exploring how suitable fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics are for power plants and ship diesel engines. The aim is to determine the most ecologically and economically sustainable way to replace fossil fuels.

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MAY 21, 2021

BASF will contribute its strength as a leading global CAM supplier to the automotive industry with strong technology and development capabilities, global operations footprint, as well as strategic partnerships for raw materials supply. In Europe, BASF is investing in CAM capacities in Germany and PCAM capacities in Finland.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Mass production is expected to commence in 2025, with the ambition to manufacture more than 8 GWh per year of battery modules and packs from 2027, and 12 GWh per year by 2030. FREYR first announced a broad partnership with Nidec in August 2022. Earlier post.).

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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. In June, Orion launched ECORAX Nature, a new family of products developed for rubber applications utilizing industrial grade, plant-based oils.

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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. Valmet says that the interest it is receiving from the automotive industry is very high. Valmet is a source for engineering and manufacturing of vehicles and components. Our target is clearly set.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

However, Europe is expected to witness an aggressive expansion in its Li-ion battery and materials manufacturing capacity. It is slated to account for nearly a third of the global Li-ion battery manufacturing capacity by 2027. —Gautam Rashingkar, Chemicals, Materials & Foods Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan.

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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. The carbon footprint of nickel sulfate produced by Terrafame is more than 60 % smaller than industry average. The bioleaching process utilizes microbes to extract metals from ore.

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MAY 25, 2018

In 126 “mystery shopper” experiences at 82 car dealerships across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the team found that that dealers were dismissive of EVs; misinformed shoppers on vehicle specifications; omitted EVs from the sales conversation; and strongly oriented customers towards gasoline and diesel vehicle options.

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APRIL 17, 2018

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, which is developing future manufacturing concepts, has succeeded in 3D printing a smart shaft, combining sensor technology, wireless data transfer, and condition monitoring in the same package. 3D printed shaft with sensing element and wiring. 3D printed shaft with sensing element and wiring.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Steelmaker SSAB will start using liquified natural gas (LNG) in its Raahe (Finland) steel mill, where it will replace the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the walking beam furnace in the strip mill and be as a support and additional fuel in the boiler in Raahe Voima’s power plant. Deliveries to Raahe will start in early 2018.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

FREYR has begun building the first of its planned factories in Mo i Rana, Norway and has announced potential development of industrial-scale battery cell production in Vaasa, Finland, and the United States.

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

The plant, which will produce chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries (EVB), will be located at the company’s current industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. Ammonium sulfate is used as fertilizer and in other process industries. Terrafame has also already entered into major technology agreements with key equipment suppliers.

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