Tag: Lithium Hydroxide

May 24, 2023 - 01:26 pm

AMG Lithium to use Fortum recycled lithium

Fortum Battery Recycling and AMG Lithium have signed a preliminary contract and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the recycling of lithium salts. The common goal is to process lithium salts in Germany into battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

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May 23, 2023 - 02:09 pm

Ford secures lithium for future electric cars

Ford is procuring lithium on a large scale for the batteries for its electric cars. The carmaker now signed agreements with five companies. Depending on the supplier, the first battery-grade materials will be delivered to the carmaker between 2025 and 2026.

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May 9, 2023 - 12:43 pm

Tesla kicks off lithium refinery construction in Texas

Tesla has officially begun construction of its own lithium refinery in Texas and plans to complete it next year. By 2025, Tesla plans to produce enough battery-grade lithium hydroxide for one million electric cars at the site near Corpus Christi.

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May 5, 2023 - 01:34 pm

Albemarle to expand lithium refining in Australia

The American speciality chemicals company Albemarle has announced a doubling of the production capacity of its Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant in Western Australia. Instead of 50,000 tonnes per year, the plant will be able to produce 100,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide at full capacity.

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Feb 17, 2023 - 12:13 pm

LG Chem secures Canadian lithium from Piedmont

LG Chem has secured lithium from North America. The South Korean chemical company has signed offtake agreements with Piedmont Lithium for a total of 200,000 metric tons of spodumene concentrate (SC6). In addition, LG has also taken a financial stake in Piedmont.

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Jan 25, 2023 - 04:31 pm

EV Metals to build processing complex in Saudi Arabia

The Australian battery materials company EV Metals Group has secured 127 hectares of land in Saudi Arabia to build a battery chemicals processing complex. Production of lithium hydroxide at the plant located in Yanbu Industrial City is scheduled to start in 2026.

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Nov 29, 2022 - 03:03 pm

Keliber to mine and refine lithium in Finland

Finnish mining and battery chemicals company Keliber is aiming to mine spodumene from an ore mine and build an adjacent lithium hydroxide refinery in Finland. Preliminary work for the construction of the refinery at Kokkola Industrial Park (KIP) is expected to start this year.

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Nov 7, 2022 - 03:17 pm

SK On to source lithium from Chile

South Korean battery cell manufacturer SK On has signed a lithium supply contract with Chilean supplier SQM. SK On will buy up to 57,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide from SQM over a five-year period starting in 2023.

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Jun 24, 2022 - 12:27 pm

Stellantis invests in Vulcan Energy Resources

Stellantis has invested €50 million in Vulcan Energy Resources and becomes the second-largest shareholder of the German-Australian lithium producer with an eight per cent stake. Vulcan and Stellantis have also extended their binding off-take agreement for lithium hydroxide by five to ten years.

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Jun 3, 2022 - 01:45 pm

Stellantis is buying lithium from California

Stellantis has entered into a binding offtake agreement for lithium hydroxide with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR). The battery-grade material mined by CTR in California will be used in electric cars manufactured in North America.

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May 10, 2022 - 01:57 pm

Green Lithium to refine lithium in the UK

The lithium processing company Green Lithium has published plans to build the UK’s first lithium refinery in the north of England. For the project, the company is cooperating with the raw materials trader Trafigura.

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Mar 16, 2022 - 01:59 pm

Rock Tech Lithium to examine supply chains

Rock Tech Lithium has agreed to collaborate with the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT and supply chain tracking provider Circulor. The goal of the cooperation is to obtain comprehensive transparency of the lithium value chain.

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Mar 8, 2022 - 01:57 pm

Rock Tech Lithium to build plant in Romania

Rock Tech Lithium plans to build a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Romania. A memorandum of understanding now signed by the company with the Romanian Ministry of Energy provides for investments of 400 million euros for this purpose.

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Dec 14, 2021 - 03:55 pm

Northvolt & Galp to build lithium plant in Portugal

The Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt is setting up a 50:50 joint venture with Portugal’s energy company Galp. Under the direction of the joint venture Aurora, a lithium conversion plant will be built in Portugal. The future location of the plant is still under discussion.

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Nov 2, 2021 - 02:15 pm

Tesla signs supply deal with Ganfeng Lithium

Tesla has signed a new framework agreement with Ganfeng Lithium for the supply of lithium hydroxide for three years starting in 2022. The sales volume and order value are to be determined on the basis of Tesla’s specific orders.

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Oct 11, 2021 - 12:59 pm

Rock Tech to build lithium plant in Germany

Rock Tech Lithium announces the construction of a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide in Guben, Brandenburg – 60 kilometres from Tesla’s plant in Grünheide. The plan is to produce around 24,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide per year there, or enough for around 500,000 electric cars.

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Aug 2, 2021 - 01:08 pm

Renault Group secures lithium deal with Vulcan Energy

Vulcan Energy announces another prominent customer for the supply of lithium extracted from thermal water in the Upper Rhine Graben. Renault is the second carmaker after the Stellantis Group banking on battery metal coming through the German-Australian company.

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Jul 4, 2021 - 10:46 am

GM to source Lithium in the USA

General Motors has agreed a strategic investment and collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to secure lithium from the US. The cooperation is intended to accelerate the introduction of lithium extraction methods that have a less harmful impact on the environment.

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Jun 28, 2021 - 01:46 pm

Infinity Lithium to supply LG ES with Spanish lithium

A freshly signed letter of intent between the Australian mining company Infinity Lithium and LG Energy Solution provides for the commodities group to supply the South Korean battery manufacturer with battery-grade lithium hydroxide from its Spanish project in San Jose for at least five years.

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Found on electrive.com
https://www.electrive.com/2023/06/02/european-lithium-obeikan-to-build-plant-in-saudi-arabia/
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