ioned to accelerate commercialization. The company has validated its technology at 100 tonnes per annum (tpa) pilot scale in Nova Scotia, Canada and is advancing commercial deployment through strategic partnerships and customer engagement. Dryve’s patented platform enables the direct synthesis of nickel-based cathode active materials, including NMC, NCA, and LMR, without reliance on traditional precursor production or solvent-intensive processi...

News  Updated at: 2026/05/09

Sumitomo to withdraw from mining and smelting of nickel in Madagascar due to market slump Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo) announced that it will withdraw from its nickel mining project in Madagascar. Due to the withdrawal, the company expects to post a consolidated loss of approximately JPY 70 billion for the fiscal quarter from April to June 2026 (Q1 2026). In 2005, Sumitomo invested in a nickel mining company and a nickel smelting company in Ma...

News  Updated at: 2026/05/07

ant at the Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas, located on the University of São Paulo campus. The facility is designed to handle the full battery recycling process, including dismantling and grinding to obtain black mass, followed by hydrometallurgy to recover critical materials such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite. The objective is to reintroduce these materials into the battery production chain, reducing reliance on raw m...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/25

Samsung SDI to supply high-nickel EV batteries for Mercedes-Benz models On April 20, Samsung SDI announced that it has signed a long-term deal with Mercedes-Benz to supply batteries for its next-generation electric vehicles (EVs). This is Samsung SDI’s first EV battery supply agreement with the brand. Samsung SDI will supply high-performance batteries using high-nickel NCM (nickel, cobalt, and manganese), offering better energy density, longer...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/21

BMW focuses on low-carbon production and sustainability for new BMW i7 On April 15, BMW announced that Gen6 battery cells for the BMW i7’s battery are manufactured using energy from renewable sources. The same applies to anode and cathode materials, with cell production partly using recycled lithium, cobalt, and nickel. This reduces the overall supply chain CO2 footprint of the Gen6 battery cell in the new BMW i7 60 xDrive by 33 % compared to t...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/15

through the UK government’s DRIVE35 Scale-Up Fund. The funding will support the construction of Altilium’s new ACT3 recycling facility. Located in Plymouth, Devon, the ACT3 plant will have the capacity to process 24,000 EV batteries per year, producing high-value battery intermediates including nickel mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), lithium sulphate, and graphite. Construction of the facility is expected to commence in summer 2026, with co...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/10

Corun to participate in SOFC forum in China Changde Liyuan New Material Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hunan Corun New Energy Co., Ltd. (Corun), will present products such as foam nickel and foam copper manganese at a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) forum in China.Foam nickel, a three-dimensional porous metallic material with a porosity exceeding 95%, features a large specific surface area, excellent electrical and thermal conductivity, and a light weig...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/10

ithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. This patent relates to a technology for producing LFP precursors using iron sulfate, a by-product generated during titanium dioxide manufacturing. In addition to manufacturing titanium dioxide and cobalt sulfate, the company also operates a business recovering nickel, cobalt, lithium, and manganese through the recycling of waste batteries. Following the vertical integration of its ternary cathode material bu...

News  Updated at: 2026/04/03

South Korea’s Solus Advanced Materials completes development of nickel-plated copper foil Several South Korean media sources reported that Solus Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. has developed nickel-plated copper foil, which is a current collector for sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries. Currently, the company is in the scale-up phase for mass production. This copper foil features the application of ultra-precise nickel plating on copper to sup...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/30

Cathode material supply contract between South Korea's L&F and European battery manufacturer may be reduced or terminated Several South Korean media sources reported that the large-scale cathode supply contract between L&F Co., Ltd. and a European battery manufacturer could be significantly reduced or canceled. The contract is for supplying high-nickel cathode materials worth a total of KRW 9.24 trillion (JPY 1.02 trillion) from January 2025 to D...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/30

ng startup, announced the launch of its first industrial demonstration plant in Germany. The plant, located in Bavaria at Chemical Park Gendorf, can process over 1,500 tonnes of battery waste each year. The plant can process end-of-life batteries and recover materials like lithium, graphite, and a nickel-cobalt mix at in large scale for the first time. tozero can produce high-quality lithium carbonate, enough to save batteries from about 6,000 e...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/27

Renault’s The Future is NEUTRAL expands AutoLOOP platform to include EV battery recycling On March 25, Renault’s The Future is NEUTRAL expanded its AutoLOOP digital platform to collect recyclable materials such as polypropylene, copper, aluminium, and platinum group metals. The platform will now also collect EV traction batteries, which contain important metals such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel.  AutoLOOP will act as a single system to man...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/26

h modular batteries, charging systems, and electric drive technology. The bus can travel around 600 km and uses a 60 kW fuel cell mounted on the roof to extend driving range. In certain situations, the bus can operate only with hydrogen energy. The eCitaro fuel cell uses NMC3 lithium-ion batteries (nickel-manganese-cobalt). Each battery module has 600 cells and is cooled to keep the temperature around 25°C. Nine modules form one battery pack wit...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/24

porarily laid off in January at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant to start production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells, for grid and data center customers in April, according to Tom Gallagher, vice president of operations for Ultium Cells. The plant, which first opened in 2024, previously made nickel-based cells for the Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq and Honda’s Acura ZDX SUVs, and was set to employ as many as 1,350 before it paused production....

News  Updated at: 2026/03/18

. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Revolt is one of the largest fully integrated battery recycling plants in Europe, with a recycling capacity of 8,500 tonnes per year and the ability to expand further. It is designed to recycle key battery materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese. Based on Lyten press release...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/16

2026. This time, the company will showcase its global supply chain, established to secure competitiveness in the ternary cathode material sector, including its refinery in Indonesia and a plant in Hungary that meets European directives. It also plans to exhibit its flagship products, including high-nickel cathode materials, middle-nickel cathode materials, cathodes for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), and lithium manganese-rich (LMR) cathode material...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/10

ensity (PD) 2.50g/cc or higher) and provide updates on the development of ultra-high-density LFP products (PD 2.70g/cc level). Currently, L&F is in supply negotiations with several global OEMs and battery cell manufacturers. L&F will also exhibit its product portfolio, including high-voltage middle-nickel cathode materials, lithium manganese-rich (LMR) cathode materials, and cathode materials for all-solid-state batteries and sodium-ion batteries...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/10

xing cells, structural adhesives that bond dissimilar materials, and potting agents that protect batteries from the external environment. Furthermore, the company plans to display its comprehensive battery materials portfolio spanning the entire value chain, including cathode materials such as high-nickel, high-voltage middle-nickel, lithium ferro-phosphate (LFP), and lithium manganese-rich (LMR), as well as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and anode bind...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/10

ich will be held in Seoul Special City from March 11 to 13, 2026, for the first time to showcase its next-generation precursor technology. The exhibit this time will include lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) precursors that offer both cost competitiveness and high energy density, and high-voltage middle-nickel (HVM) precursors that take performance and cost competitiveness into consideration. In addition, the South Korean company will position its sul...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/10

eported that Posco Future M Co., Ltd. (Posco Future M) will participate in the InterBattery 2026, which will be held in Seoul Special Metropolitan City from March 11 to 13 to showcase its next-generation cathode and anode material technologies.  The South Korean company will exhibit its ultra-high-nickel cathode material for autonomous driving electric vehicles (EVs), containing more than 95% nickel for a longer driving range. It will also displ...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/05