Romania has received its first EUR 2.5 billion (USD 2.91 billion) payment under the European Union’s (EU) Security Action for Europe (SAFE) facility, marking the first tranche of its EUR 16.7 billion (USD 19.46 billion) allocation. The EU SAFE defence funding is aimed at strengthening Romania’s...
UK battery technology company EQONIC Group has confirmed aluminium as the core material behind its proprietary battery technology, marking a significant step as the company moves towards industrial-scale validation of a lithium-free, sodium-free and rare earth-free energy storage system. EQONIC...
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Italian authorities are planning to implement a comprehensive package of measures to enhance procurement and reprocessing of critical raw materials, according to a draft decree reviewed by Reuters and reported by Mining.com. This initiative, championed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's...
Alpha HPA, known for its production of chemicals essential for lithium-ion batteries and semiconductors, has unveiled a game-changing innovation: high-purity aluminium nitrate. With an impressive purity level of 99.99%, this aluminium oxide variant showcases immense potential to revolutionise...
Maritime battery systems developer EST-Floattech has secured a substantial investment of €4 million from the Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam and its existing shareholders, including Rotterdam Port Fund, PDENH, Ponooc, and Yard Energy. For the aluminium housing, insulation material, electronic...
In March 2023, Mercedes-Benz laid the allegorical foundation stone for its innovative battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, a strategic move towards sustainable practices. This forward-thinking initiative, backed by an unspecified but significant investment in the double-digit million euro range,...
The symbiotic relationship between the aluminium industry and lithium-ion battery recycling holds immense potential for positive implications. Extracting valuable metals like aluminium from spent batteries through recycling is crucial to mitigating the need for extensive primary aluminium...
Altech Batteries is significantly expanding its silumina anodes battery project, increasing its output from 15 gigawatt hours (GWh) to an impressive 120 GWh. This surge in capacity, achieved during the final stages of the definitive feasibility study (DFS), is aimed at meeting the growing demand...
Chalmers University of Technology has unveiled an innovative battery recycling method designed to extract the maximum value from electric car batteries. This groundbreaking process recovers 100 per cent of the aluminium and 98 per cent of the lithium in these batteries, significantly reducing waste...
RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. has proudly announced that it has received patent No. 2020237451 from the Australian Patent Office and patent No. 7341598 from the Japanese Patent Office for its lithium-ion battery recycling process. Through the process, RecycLiCo separates aluminium foil from...
The Italian Sea Group (TISG), one of the largest companies in the international yachting industry, has reportedly launched the 46.5-metre aluminium catamaran, the largest in the world, named ArtExplorer. This water vessel is the first built under the brand Perini Navi since it's been acquired by...
Beijing Easpring, a Chinese manufacturer of battery cathodes, is currently in the process of constructing a production plant for ternary cathode active material in southeast Finland. This plant will mainly produce considerable amounts of nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) 811 and nickel-cobalt-aluminium...
Australian lithium and renewable energy producer Vulcan Energy (VUL) has disclosed a newly sanctioned method to create a much more sustainable loop around its lithium brine project in Germany's Upper Rhine Valley region. In a major breakthrough, the company announced using aluminium-based 'sorbent'...
The recycling company focusing on developing sustainable circular economy solutions in the lithium-ion battery supply chain to recover critical minerals, Lico Materials and Karo Sambhav, an industry leader in designing and implementing transformative Circular and EPR solutions, have signed an MoU...
According to an esteemed news agency, by 2030, the number of electric vehicles on the roads will escalate by a hefty amount, which indicates that the demand for lithium-ion battery storage will increase tremendously. And the metal used in making lithium battery cases is usually aluminium. As a...
A recently formed segment of the Airbus Group, Airbus Atlantic began producing lithium-aluminium components for the initial parts of its new A350F freighter model at the Nantes facility in France. This is the first stepping stone in the formation of a new aircraft and is essentially addressed as...
Deep-tech recycling business Metastable Materials, which specialises in lithium-ion batteries, has received seed funding led by Surge, Sequoia Capital India, and Southeast Asia's quick scale-up programme. Deep-tech VC Speciale Invest, Theia Ventures, and other angel investors participated....
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has formulated a new way of battery recycling which can recover up to 70 per cent of the lithium without engaging corrosive chemicals, high temperatures or prior sorting processes. The fact is, the aluminium usage in the new recycling method as a reducing...
With the purchase of a 12 per cent share in Lithium de France, Hydro Batteries expands strategically into environmentally friendly battery components. Arverne Group and Equinor Ventures are other Lithium de France investors. Lithium de France is developing technology and processes to create lithium...
Next.e.GO Mobile (e.Go), the Aachen-based German manufacturer of electric vehicles and sustainable mobility systems, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Trafigura to create a long-term supply chain management service agreement focussing on the supply of aluminium and battery metals...
