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South Korean battery material manufacturer POSCO Future M plans to build a 243-million-dollar production facility in Vietnam for synthetic graphite as anode material.

French mining group Imerys has put its lithium project in the United Kingdom on hold in favor of a more advanced project in France.

The international mining group Rio Tinto acquired a majority stake in Nemaska Lithium in the Canadian province of Quebec. Following capital investments since March 2025, Rio Tinto now holds 53.9...

The US chemical company Albemarle has announced that it will temporarily close its lithium hydroxide plant in Kemerton, Western Australia. The remaining Train 1 production line will be transferred to...

South Korean battery material manufacturer POSCO Future M is investing in the Massachusetts-based start-up company Factorial which specializes in solid-state batteries (SSB).

Portuguese company Lifthium Energy will be receiving 180 million euros in government funding to build a refinery for the production of battery-grade lithium.

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL is to be supplied with three million tons of LFP cathode material by Ronbay between 2026 and 2031. Meanwhile, the record contract value caused a stir.

US-based Cabot Corporation will supply Volkswagenʼs battery subsidiary PowerCo with conductive carbon products and dispersions for lithium-ion battery electrodes.

Battery material manufacturer POSCO Future M has entered into a joint venture with Chinaʼs CNGR and its South Korean subsidiary FINO for the production of LFP cathode materials.

South Korean battery material manufacturer L&F has revised the value of a supply contract with Tesla announced in 2023 from nearly three billion to just 7,386 US dollars.

Australian company Vulcan Energy Resources has secured total financing of around 2.2 billion euros for its Lionheart project to gain lithium from the Upper Rhine Graben in Germany.