Kinterra Capital, a Canadian private equity firm, has announced that portfolio company NiVolt Technologies has demonstrated production of high-quality nickel and cobalt products for the battery supply chain. NiVolt has produced mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) containing over 45% nickel plus cobalt with low impurities and is conducting a feasibility study for a Quebec hydrometallurgical facility…. Read more »
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Nexeon secures site and raw material supply for silicon anode material plant
Battery material manufacturer Nexeon has obtained property near to chemical company OCI’s facilities in Gunsan, South Korea for its first commercial-scale silicon anode material plant. Nexeon has also struck an agreement with OCI for a long-term supply of monosilane, a by-product gas from the Gunsan plant’s semiconductor polysilicon production and a crucial raw chemical for… Read more »
LithTech launches novel raw material extraction technology for lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper and graphite
LithTech, an Australian firm, has announced its 2023 capital raising drive to enhance its magnesium separation process, which increases the brine extraction of essential raw elements, including nickel, lithium, cobalt, copper and natural graphite, used in EV batteries. After lab-scale testing, the Dow Centre at the University of Queensland has provided financial and technical support,… Read more »
Big EV news from Volkswagen: raw material investments, Ontario battery plant, €25k EV for Europe
The Volkswagen Group has been flooding the zone with EV-related news of late. Last September, new CEO Oliver Blume revealed a 10-point plan to accelerate the EV transition, and we’re now seeing some concrete steps to make it a reality. The company recently announced a five-year investment budget of €180 billion ($193 billion), and some… Read more »
July battery materials report: Monthly EV and raw material sales slipped, but are still soaring year-over-year
Global EV sales and deliveries of battery raw materials fell on a monthly basis in July, but are still showing strong growth compared to July 2021, according to the latest Monthly Battery Raw Materials Deployment report from Adamas Intelligence. In July 2022, global monthly sales of electrified passenger vehicles (EVs, PHEVs and hybrids) came to… Read more »
Monthly battery raw material report: EV sales are soaring, and so are material deliveries
Supply chain problems are real, and ongoing, but they don’t seem to be holding back the steady transition to electrified vehicles. Global EV sales are soaring, and so are raw material deliveries, according to the latest Monthly Battery Raw Materials Deployment report from Adamas Intelligence. In June 2022, global monthly sales of electrified passenger vehicles… Read more »
The EV raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?
This article originally appeared in Issue 60: April-June 2022 Subscribe now Every new technology must overcome a series of temporary constraints on its way to widespread adoption. Since modern EVs appeared a decade ago, they’ve motored past many of these bottlenecks, (or hurdles, or roadblocks—pick your preferred metaphor). Range has increased, access to charging infrastructure has expanded,… Read more »
Benchmark Minerals launches price index for cathode raw materials
Price-reporting and market data company Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has launched an index for tracking the price changes of the raw materials in cathodes. The Lithium-ion Battery Raw Material Price Index displays price changes for blends with both NCM high-nickel and mid-nickel chemistries, and for lithium iron phosphate. It uses IOSCO-accredited lithium, nickel and cobalt prices… Read more »
Soaring raw material prices could reverse the decline in EV battery costs
We EVangelists have gotten used to smugly pointing to the steadily declining costs of batteries (and renewable energy), but thanks to the recent surge in raw material prices, that positive trend could slow, or even go into reverse, according to a recent Reuters report. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused prices of nickel, lithium and… Read more »
How to optimize Li-Ion manufacturing raw materials, product quality and uniformity
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