Battery Material

Asahi Kasei Battery Separator Corporation has started construction of a factory for separators of lithium-ion batteries in the Canadian province of Ontario. The facility is scheduled to go into operation in 2027.

Echion and CBMM have commissioned the worldʼs largest plant for the production of niobium-based battery anode material in Brazil with an annual capacity of 2,000 tons.

Vulcan Energy has commissioned its Central Lithium Electrolysis Optimization Plant in Germany. The pilot plant will be the first in Europe to manufacture sustainable lithium hydroxide.

Australian battery material manufacturer NOVONIX will supply Stellantis with a total of at least 86,250 tons of synthetic graphite for six years from 2026.

Belgian metal recycler Umicore will be suspending the construction of a battery materials plant in Canada as part of a review of the companyʼs operations.

CNGR Advanced Material from China intends to build a battery precursor materials plant in Indonesia for ten billion US dollars and is currently looking for a 5,000-hectare area.

US-based FREYR Battery has received a funding commitment of 122 million euros from the EU for a potential project to manufacture LFP cathode active materials in Finland.

Battery materials manufacturer Vianode has opened Via ONE as its first commercial-scale production facility for synthetic anode graphite at its Herøya site in Norway.

Rio Tinto has formally announced the acquisition of Arcadium Lithium for 5.85 US dollars per share in an all-cash transaction, which represents a total value of 6.7 billion dollars.

British mining and metals group Rio Tinto is planning to acquire lithium producer Arcadium which could be valued at four to six billion US dollars.