General Motors ha firmado un contrato con la empresa australiana de exploraci\u00f3n minera Element 25 para suministrar sulfato de manganeso para las bater\u00edas de los veh\u00edculos el\u00e9ctricos. Adem\u00e1s, el fabricante de autom\u00f3viles va a conceder a Element 25 un pr\u00e9stamo para construir una f\u00e1brica en Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n
El contrato prev\u00e9 hasta 32.500 toneladas anuales a partir de 2025. GM procesar\u00e1 el material en sus plantas de bater\u00edas de Norteam\u00e9rica. Seg\u00fan el anuncio de Element 25, GM deber\u00eda poder producir bater\u00edas para m\u00e1s de un mill\u00f3n de veh\u00edculos el\u00e9ctricos al a\u00f1o a partir del sulfato de manganeso suministrado.<\/p>\n
M\u00e1s all\u00e1 del mero suministro de materiales, GM concede un pr\u00e9stamo de $85 millones (78 millones de euros) a Element 25 (el manganeso es el 25\u00ba elemento de la tabla peri\u00f3dica) para ayudar a construir una nueva planta en el estado norteamericano de Luisiana. Seg\u00fan esta \u00faltima, ser\u00e1 la primera planta de este tipo en EE UU. Element 25 quiere refinar all\u00ed el concentrado de manganeso de sus minas de Australia Occidental para obtener materiales aptos para bater\u00edas. El material extra\u00eddo all\u00ed cumple los requisitos estadounidenses, ya que Australia tiene un acuerdo de libre comercio con EE UU.<\/p>\n
Element 25 afirma que invertir\u00e1 $290 millones (266 millones de euros) en la planta. Por lo tanto, el pr\u00e9stamo de GM cubrir\u00e1 aproximadamente tres d\u00e9cimas partes de esta suma. Est\u00e1 previsto que la construcci\u00f3n comience en el tercer trimestre de 2023 y la puesta en marcha en 2025. Cuando sea plenamente operativa, dar\u00e1 empleo a 200 personas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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“E25 aims to be a leading source of high quality, vertically integrated, traceable and ESG-compliant battery material to the global electric vehicle industry and GM’s support does more than accelerate our strategy for HPMSM production in the United States,” says Element 25 Managing Director Justin Brown. “Together, we are creating a resilient and sustainable North American supply chain that will help introduce millions of customers to the performance and environmental benefits of EVs.”<\/p>\n
“GM is scaling EV production in North America well past 1 million units annually and our direct investments in battery raw materials, processing and components for EVs are providing certainty of supply, favourable commercial terms and thousands of new jobs, especially in the US, Canada and with free trade agreement countries such as Australia,” says GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain, Doug Parks. “The facility E25 will build in Louisiana is significant because it’s expected to be the first plant in the United States to produce battery-grade manganese sulfate, a key component of cathode active material which helps improve EV battery cell cost.”<\/p>\n
Element 25 already concluded a purchase agreement for manganese sulphate with Stellantis at the beginning of the year<\/a>. It involves a total volume of 45,000 tonnes of manganese sulphate over five years, but a maximum of 10,000 tonnes per year – significantly less than what GM has now secured.<\/p>\n