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Elcora delivers first 500-tonne 37%+ manganese order

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Elcora Advanced Materials has successfully delivered its first order for 500 metric tons of 37% + high-quality manganese from Morocco. In March, Elcora began operations on the 16 km² manganese mining concession in Morocco for which it had acquired exclusive rights earlier. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Renault-Nissan Tangier plant inaugurates second production line; 340K vehicles per year, largest in Africa

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The Renault-Nissan Tangier plant inaugurated its second production line. It required an investment of €400 million and will produce Dacia Sandero and Dacia Sandero Stepway, two leading models in the Dacia range. The new line will increase the site’s output capacity to 340,000 vehicles a year, starting in 2014.

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Renault-Nissan previews four new SUVs for India, 5 & 7-seater SUVs in the works

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Read more The upcoming SUVs will arrive in five and seven-seater configurations and will have heavy localisation The Renault-Nissan alliance has announced plans to launch four new SUVs in the Indian market as part of its future product strategy. The platform in question will be the alliance’s CMF-B -platform.

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Umicore and Prayon form beLife JV to develop and produce phosphate-based cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries

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beLife will initially focus on developing advanced, cost-competitive products and production processes for lithium iron phosphate cathode materials used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. property includes Prayon’s worldwide license for the production and sale of LFP materials granted by LiFePO 4 +C. This intellectual.

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Prayon and Pulead to create JV for manufacture and sale of lithium iron phosphate material for Li-ion batteries

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LiFePO 4 +C grants a limited number of sublicenses to suitable lithium iron phosphate (LFP)/lithium metal phosphate (LMP) producers who are capable of meeting market demand with high-quality products. Even in the short term, demand far outstrips licensees’ production capacity.

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BMW targeting doubling energy density of battery cells by 2030, with current i3 as basis

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The purpose of the facility is to advance battery cell technology and carefully dissect the production processes. Taking the technology currently in the BMW i3 as a basis, by 2030 we will be able to double the energy density of our battery cells—and therefore also the operating range of the vehicles for our customers.

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Skeleton Technologies joins Flying Whales program to develop next generation of heavy-lift, large-capacity airships

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The main advantage of the LCA60T will be its ability to transport heavy and oversized cargo of up to 60 tons either in its 75m-long hold or underslung, at speeds of 100 km/h (62 mph), with a range of several thousand kilometers per day. For that purpose Morocco will become the “third parent country” of Flying Whales.

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