Nth Cycle, a metals extraction and recycling firm, has inaugurated a 21,000-square-foot refining plant in Fairfield, Ohio to provide a US source of nickel and cobalt chemicals for lithium-ion batteries. Nth Cycle’s electro-extraction technology will convert metal scrap, electronics waste, undeveloped mining resources and refinery waste into nickel and cobalt through its premium Mixed Hydroxide… Read more »
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EU study examines shortage of critical metals for EVs
We’ve been reading a lot about looming shortages of battery raw materials such as lithium, nickel and graphite. But EV motors and electronics also use rare earths and other critical metals, which have their own set of supply constraints. A recent survey led by Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology on behalf of the European Commission… Read more »
New EU legislation designed to make EV batteries greener, safer
The EU parliament has approved a new set of rules designed to make EV batteries more durable, more sustainable and better performing. The new regs, which will come into force once the European Council has formally endorsed the text, affect the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU…. Read more »
Iveco Group opens plant in Italy for electric bus production
Tourism bus brand Iveco Group opened its new Foggia plant dedicated to the production of zero- and low-emission buses. The new facility will reportedly employ one hundred workers, and will produce 1,000 electric buses annually. According to the company, the plant emits zero CO2 emissions., All its energy comes from renewable sources, including over 1,000… Read more »
Jacobs and Cirba Solutions partner to expand US battery processing
Jacobs, a US-headquartered technical professional services company, is collaborating with US battery recycling company Cirba Solutions to expand its North American manufacturing capacity for EV battery materials. The goal is to promote a circular, more sustainable EV supply chain. Jacobs is managing facility design and supporting construction at multiple Cirba locations, including its Lancaster, Ohio,… Read more »
KPMG and Circulor partner to provide digital battery passport software package
Multinational professional services firm KPMG and UK-based supply chain traceability firm Circulor have announced an alliance to offer a software package known as a digital battery passport, which enables the tracing, monitoring and control of critical raw materials throughout battery value chains, from extraction to beyond a product’s first life. The software, designed for compliance… Read more »
Albemarle to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide to Ford
Specialty chemicals supplier Albemarle has announced a definitive agreement with Ford to deliver battery-grade lithium hydroxide to support the automaker’s ramp-up of EV production. Albemarle will supply more than 100,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide for approximately 3 million future Ford EV batteries. The five-year supply agreement starts in 2026 and continues through 2030…. Read more »
Altilium Metals produces cathode active materials from recycled EV batteries
UK-based tech group Altilium Metals has produced cathode active materials (CAMs) recovered from end-of-life EV battery scrap. The first samples have been delivered to Imperial College London, where the materials will be analyzed under a joint research program partly funded by the UK government’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) through its Automotive Transformation Fund. Under the… Read more »
European HEFT project targets cheaper, more efficient, power-dense motor for EVs
In a €4-million HEFT research project directed by Mondragan University, eight EU partners including GKN Automotive will create a “lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense” permanent magnet motor for EVs. HEFT is an EU Horizon 2020 project focused on designing and manufacturing EV motors with reused and recycled permanent magnets. HEFT recommends energy-efficient rare earth synchronous… Read more »
Aquatech to provide lithium refining process for Lithium Americas’s Thacker Pass project
Water treatment company Aquatech has been awarded a contract for the lithium refining and purification process plants by Lithium Americas for the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada, the largest known lithium reserve in the US. Aquatech specializes in delivering process technology for the refining and purification of battery-grade lithium chemical products from clays, brines… Read more »