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Sicona Announces Expansion into the US Market

The Australian material developer and producer Sicona Battery Technologies has announced its expansion into the US market by revealing the development of its first commercial production facility in the southeastern United States. The company plans to establish a production facility for silicon-carbon anode materials with a capacity of 6,700 tons annually. This positions Sicona as the largest manufacturer of silicon-carbon anode materials in the United States, surpassing the capacities of silicon-carbon facilities located in the northwest of the country, which are currently under construction or in development. By early 2030, Sicona aims to expand its US production to a total output of 26,500 tons per year, sufficient to support over 3.25 million electric vehicles. Sicona SiCxTM, the anode material produced by the company, has the potential to significantly improve the range and charging times of current electric vehicles. The silicon-carbon anode material (Sicona SiCxTM) is expected to increase energy density by over 20 percent compared to conventional lithium-ion battery cells made solely from graphite while reducing charging times by more than 40 percent. Moreover, Sicona’s technology does not rely on expensive, hazardous, bottlenecked, or emission-intensive supply chains like silane gas, providing Sicona’s customers with access to competitive prices and scalability without incurring significant costs or disruptive restructurings in their battery production facilities. Source: Link

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Vulcan Energy extracts first lithium chloride in new plant

Vulcan Energy Resources has successfully started the production of climate-neutral lithium chloride at its plant in Landau, Germany. This is the first time that lithium has been produced entirely in Europe. Vulcan’s combined geothermal and lithium resource is considered the largest in Europe and is mainly concentrated in the Upper Rhine Valley in Germany. In February 2023, the company published the results of a feasibility study for the first phase of its lithium project. Vulcan plans to initially produce 24,000 tons of lithium hydroxide monohydrate per year, which will be achieved through a multi-stage process from lithium chloride. The LEOP (“Lithium Extraction Optimization Plant”) in Landau has been operational since August. It is used for product qualification, optimization, and training of the operating team for subsequent commercial production. The LEOP follows from Vulcan’s pilot plants in Insheim, which have extracted lithium chloride from Vulcan Energy’s producing drill sites over the past three years. The application of Direct Lithium Extraction by Adsorption has enabled efficiencies of up to 95 percent in the extraction of lithium from geothermal brine, the company reports. This result has already been achieved in Vulcan’s laboratories and pilot plants in Insheim. Source: https://v-er.eu/de/blog/2024/04/10/vulcans-lithiumextraktionsoptimierungsanlage-produziert-europas-erstes-gruenes-lithiumchlorid/

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