April 16, 2019 China’s Fujian launches plant for high nickel battery materials The first phase of a 40,000-tonne per year battery cathode material project in China's Fujian province has been put into production.
April 15, 2019 American Manganese’s lithium-ion battery recycling technology achieves high recovery rates An independent lab ran a series of tests and average recovery rates ranged from 91.4% to 94%.
April 11, 2019 Nickel shortage in view unless China-led projects in Indonesia succeed — analysts The outlook comes after China's Tsingshan Group surprised the market last year with a low-cost estimate and short time frame to launch a $700 million plant on the Indonesian island…
April 11, 2019 Worried about nickel supply, China battery maker BYD welcomes JV discussions Electric car and battery maker BYD counts Warren Buffet among its investors and is also German automaker Daimler AG's partner in China.
April 11, 2019 Australia to host battery research centre The centre will investigate opportunities for greater efficiencies in the extraction and refinement of battery minerals.
April 10, 2019 China’s Greatpower to start producing nickel sulphate by end-2019 – chairman The Chinese supplier of chemicals for lithium-ion batteries is also on the lookout for mine investment opportunities to guarantee supply.
April 8, 2019 Indonesia battery-grade nickel plant awaits environmental nod Indonesia's first plant to produce battery-grade nickel is on track to start operations by 2020, though the project still needs an environmental permit that could take up to eight months.
April 5, 2019 $6 billion private capital ready to invest in mining Fundraising by unlisted funds for investment in natural resource reached a record $93 billion last year.
April 5, 2019 Indonesia battery-grade nickel plant awaits environmental nod-developer Indonesia's first plant to produce battery-grade nickel chemicals is on track to start operations by 2020.
April 2, 2019 Vale Indonesia targets 74,000 T nickel in matte output in 2019 Lower production this year is due to a 10-week shutdown started in mid-February to the third week of April.
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