IESW 2024: Battery component makers call for localization and long-term tie-ups

The post-lunch session,  Battery Component Manufacturing (Cathode, Anode, Electrolyte, Separators, Adhesive, Binders, and Non-active materials) on Day 2 of the India Energy St...

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Our Next Energy partners with major CAM producer, L&F

Michigan-based energy storage company, Our Next Energy Inc (ONE) on Wednesday (April 3) said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with L&F, a leading South Korean ...

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Indian CAM manufacturer Altmin announces an investment outlay $100 mn

The first batch at LFP from Altmin's pilot plant. Image for representation purposes only. Source: Altmin

Hyderabad based Altmin Private Limited, an early pioneer manufacturing of cathode active material (CAM) for lithium-ion batteries in India, has announced an overall inves...

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Germany's BASF, Korea's SK On agree to jointly evaluate global lithium-ion battery market

A scientist at BASF pours cathode active material paste on aluminum foil. The cast film will then be dried and compacted. Later it will become the cathode, the positive pole of a lithium-ion battery. Image: BASF

German company BASF, a leading global producer of battery materials, has entered in an agreement with leading global electric vehicle battery cell manufacturer SK On. The two compa...

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Toyota, Redwood Materials expand upon battery recycling agreement

Source: Toyota

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and Redwood Materials on Thursday (Nov. 16) announced plans to expand upon their existing battery recycling agreement for Toyota's end-of-life EV ...

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Altmin, YLB ink strategic partnership on lithium, C-LFP technology

Indian battery materials firm Altmin and YLB, Bolivia's public company for lithium deposits, have officially signed a strategic agreement to advance their partnershi...

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IONWAY: Umicore-PowerCo JV aims sustainable CAM, pCAM production in Europe

Graphical rendition of IONWAY's proposed CAM production facility in

Umicore and Volkswagen Group-backed battery company PowerCo have recently announced their joint venture - IONWAY - meant for large-scale industrial production of sustainable batter...

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EcoProBM, SK On, Ford to build C$1.2B cathode manufacturing plant in Québec

Graphic rendering of the cathode manufacturing plant under construction in Quebec. Source: Ford

SK On, EcoProBM and Ford recently announced a joint investment of C$1.2 billion to build a cathode manufacturing facility in Québec, Canada. Scheduled to begin produ...

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India's first cathode active materials plant inaugurated by Altmin-ARCI

Battery materials firm Altmin and ARCI, under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology, have launched a 10 MW pilot plant for producing Cathode Active Mater...

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BASF establishes CAM production facility, battery recycling center in Germany

BASF, a global supplier of advanced cathode active materials (CAM), has recently opened what it calls as Europe's first co-located center of battery material production and battery...

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GM, POSCO Future M step up CAM, pCAM capacity in North America for EV battery

Image for representation purposes only. Source: General Motors

General Motors and POSCO Future M have recently announced the second phase of their 'Ultium CAM' joint venture, with an investment projected to exceed $1 billion (U.S.) t...

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PowerCo, Umicore all set with their JV to make Battery materials in EU

Volkswagen Group's PowerCo and Belgian firm Umicore have obtained full regulatory approvals for their joint venture on battery materials. The partners can now swiftly pro...

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Umicore advances High Lithium Manganese-rich CAM for EV battery

Umicore has announced the start of industrialization of its leading manganese-rich HLM (high lithium, manganese) cathode active materials (CAM) technology, and targets commerc...

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Allox to set up multi-GW Lithium Cathode Material manufacturing unit in Telangana

Government of Telangana has signed an MoU with Allox Advance Materials Pvt Ltd for setting up of a C- LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) active battery material production unit in T...

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Ascend Elements bags $480 million US DoE grant to make sustainable battery CAM

American battery materials firm Ascend Elements has been awarded grants from the U.S. Department of Energy's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Battery Materials Processing and Ba...

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LG Chem investing $ 3 billion for cathode manufacturing facility in US

LG Chem has announced the signing of a MoU with the state of Tennessee to establish a new cathode manufacturing facility in Clarksville, with an investment of more than U...

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POSCO Chemical and GM ink agreement for the large-scale supply of CAM to support EV growth

POSCO Chemical and General Motors Co. have announced a binding agreement for a large-scale supply (KRW 13,769.6 billion) of Cathode Active Material (CAM) to help GM meet its fast-g...

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Faraday Institution, NREL sign MoU to develop high-capacity batteries and Li-ion battery recycling

Peter Green of NREL (US) signed MoU with Prof. Pam Thomas of the Faraday Institution (UK).

Leading energy storage research institutes from the UK and the US, the Faraday Institution and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) signed a ...

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GM ink key Li-ion supply chain management pact with LG Chem and Livent

General Motors announced two major Li-ion battery supply chain agreements, one with LG Chem for cathode active material (CAM), and one with Livent for the supply of battery-grade l...

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ICL, Aleees ink MoU for LFP battery cathode materials production

ICL has announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aleees, a Taiwanese manufacturer of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery cathode materials. As part of the ...

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BASF to expand production capacity for battery materials in China

BASF Shanshan Battery Materials (BSBM), a BASF majority-owned company in China, is commissioning of new capacity for cathode active materials (CAM) to meet the increasing local and...

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Mining major, Rio Tinto to invest US$10M in battery material maker, Nano One

Mining and metals major, Rio Tinto has announced to invest US$10 million in Canada-based battery material manufacturer, Nano One. Rio Tinto has entered a strategic partnership...

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BASF, Nano One ink JDA for LiB materials

Nano One® Materials Corp. (Nano One) and BASF SE (BASF) have announced they have signed a joint development agreement (JDA). Under the JDA, the companies will co-develop a process ...

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POSCO Holdings, ProLogium ink pact to support mass production of next-gen SSB

POSCO Holdings, in line with its plan to transform itself into an eco-friendly future materials company, has announced it has agreed with ProLogium, next-generation solid-state bat...

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Raw material ambition: Local content to global supply

The overwhelming response to the ACC PLI scheme has set the ball rolling for giga-scale manufacturing of battery cells in India. It has also opened up the space for raw material co...

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BASF acquires site for battery materials and recycling facility in Canada

Germany-based BASF's Catalysts division has announced the signing of an agreement to secure land for its future cathode active materials (CAM) and recycling site in Bécancour, Queb...

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