Japanese materials company Nippon Mining & Metals recently announced plans to invest in a new lithium-ion battery materials production facility. The plant, to be located in Ibaraki Prefecture, will be operational by June 2009 and churn out 300 tons per year of cathode materials for automotive lithiu...
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News Commentary | February 11, 2021
The battery producer will build out three new facilities in Guangdong, China. The first phase will build a plant with an annual capacity of 25 GWh for an investment of $1.86 billion. By the end of 2030, CATL plans to install a capacity of up to 150 GWh. This is in addition to the announced 80 GWh of... To read more, click here.
News Commentary | January 13, 2022
Despite a rapidly growing interest in LFP (lithium iron phosphate), China remains the only country that manufactures significant quantities of LFP. Freyr, a battery manufacturer that is licensing 24M's SemiSolid production process for up to 40 GWh of capacity, plans to produce LFP cathode materials ... To read more, click here.
Analyst Insight | April 22, 2022
In the past couple of years, lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathodes have made a reappearance in the Li‑ion battery industry for light‑duty EVs. The chemistry was previously dismissed as unsuitable for most mobility applications due to its low energy and power densities, lower voltage operation, and ... Not part of subscription