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Glencore, ACE Green in 15-year offtake agreement for recycled lead and Li-ion battery materials

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ACE Green Recycling (ACE), a global recycling technology and supply chain platform, and diversified mining firm Glencore plc will enter a long-term supply agreement for recycled lead as well as key battery-metal-based end products from recycled lithium-ion batteries. The parks are expected to be complete by 2024.

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Daimler buying more than €20B of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030

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The company purchases the cells on the world market, ensuring the best possible technology; the company focuses on the core competence of battery assembly. Two more factories will be built in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim, one at the company’s Sindelfingen site, and one each at the sites in Beijing (China), Bangkok (Thailand) and Tuscaloosa (USA).

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Polypore sells itself; battery separators to Asahi Kasei for $2.2B, separations media to 3M for $1B

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Asahi Kasei projects significant growth in demand for Li-ion battery separators in the automotive segment. billion; as an integrated step in the transaction, Asahi Kasei Corporation, through a US subsidiary, will then purchase what remains of Polypore for $60.50 Source: Asahi Kasei. growth in Click to enlarge. per share in cash.

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