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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TES, the global electronic waste recycler, will reportedly open a new facility for recycling lithium-ion batteries in Singapore, said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Koh Poh Koon on Wednesday, October 30. "This is an exciting development as the use of batteries for grid-related...
Nalco is looking at venturing out beyond aluminium to invest in value added segments like production of high-end alloys for space vehicles and electric cars and lithium battery production; the company chairman TK Chand said this in an interview to Economic Times. The company is also planning to...
Altech Chemicals Limited has shared a few takeaways from the high purity alumina (HPA) market outlook report by CRU Consulting (CRU) that they received recently. The unconstrained demand forecast for 4N+ (99.99% or greater) HPA is significantly stronger than CRU’s earlier forecast in 2018. The...
According to a recent update from Shanghai Metals Market, China, on March 26, announced its plan to cut subsidies for new energy vehicles (NEVs), in a bid to encourage innovation and promote high-quality development of NEVs. The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...
Altech Chemicals Limited provides an update on the transition by lithium-ion battery manufactures to high purity alumina (HPA) coated battery separator sheets. This is apparent from recently announced quarterly sales data by Japanese separator sheet manufacturer W-Scope (6619 JT) and from the...
According to a report by Business Standard, Hindalco Industries is eyeing lithium in the minor mineral space for strengthening its aluminium business. Managing Director Satish Pai said: “Lithium is the closest to our (aluminium) business, and in India, there could be some opportunities in this...
Chinese battery firm GEM Co Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean battery producer ECOPRO Co Ltd for the supply of 170,000 tonnes of raw materials from 2019 to 2023, Reuters reported. GEM said in a filing to the Shenzhen stock exchange today that the company will provide 16,000...
Altech Chemicals published Quarterly Report for September 2018. The company organized the official ground breaking ceremony for Altech’s held at Johor HPA site during this quarter. The Australian High Commissioner and German Ambassador to Malaysia unveiled official opening plaque. The ceremony was...
Altech Chemicals Limited recently participated in BATTERY OSAKA, a three-day international rechargeable battery exhibition held in Osaka, Japan from 26 to 28 September 2018. The company provided an update on the recent developments and the outlook for high purity alumina (HPA) demand in the...
Altech Chemicals Limited has announced finalisation of the design for the capacity upgrade of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Malaysia. The company had got the German engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor SMS group GmbH (SMS) to do the project work for them....
<p>Chinese companies are on a massive plan to build a series of Electric Vehicle battery factories that would produce nearly 160 gigawatt-hours annually by 2021, says a report by Bloomberg Intelligence. The amount of batteries is anticipated to equip 2 million Tesla Model S vehicles or 18...
Altech Chemicals Ltd's managing director, Iggy Tan, said that the company received strong interest in the company's entry into the high purity alumina (HPA) market at a conference in Shenzhen, China. Altech’s plan is to offer a finished product range that will include HPA tailored for the synthetic...
Following its 3 June 2016 announcement regarding the strong interest shown in Altech Chemicals Limited as an emerging high purity alumina (HPA) producer during the 12th China International Battery Fair, the company has now presented its 10-year forecast of global demand for HPA used in the...
India's state-owned aluminium maker National Aluminium Company (Nalco) and the Defence Ministry's Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI) are in talks to set up an aluminium-lithium alloy plant. Lithium is the hottest metal today, with its demand underlined by the Space X and Tesla ventures of maverick...
Altech Chemicals Limited has provided a detailed update on the fast growing utilisation of high purity alumina (HPA) in lithium-ion batteries. Altech recently appointed Mr. Martin Ma as the company's sales and marketing manager in China. Mr. Ma has already commenced discussions with lithium-ion...
Orbite Technologies Inc. today announced that the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) will evaluate Orbite's High Purity Alumina (HPA) for use in lithium-ion battery separators. Orbite's Technology Development Center (TDC) will work with National Research Council experts to develop composite...
Institutions see robust demand for high purity alumina, defined as at least 99.99% Al2O3, in high-end markets, namely Li-ion battery and ceramics sectors, a local source reported. China mainly relies on imports in high purity alumina. China’s high purity alumina market is dominated by Sumitomo...
A West Virginia plant is playing a role in NASA's experimental Orion spacecraft. Metals used in the inner structure of the Orion crew capsule were produced at Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood in Jackson County. The Charleston Gazette reports that the metals used in the capsule's backbone,...
