Industry news

US-based lead-acid separator company Daramic is expanding its facility in France, president Bryan Moorehead has revealed.

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Scientists in Germany have launched what they say is the country’s largest study to date of electrochemical storage systems.

South Korean battery firm LG Chem has agreed a deal to acquire a “massive volume” of a key material from China's largest lithium compounds producer, to spur production of batteries for electric vehicles.

Camborne Energy Storage, a large scale developer of energy storage projects in the UK, has crashed out of the market and gone into administration.

SK Innovation has reportedly started building its first battery cells giga plant in China – with the goal of establishing a production “triangle” encompassing China, Korea and Europe.

Montana-based nickel-zinc battery start-up ZAF Energy Systems has secured a US$600,000 investment to boost production and recruitment.

Chemists at the University of Glasgow have developed a flow battery system they say could reduce the charging time of electric cars “from hours to seconds”.

Canada-based petro-lithium company E3 Metals and exploration group Comstock Metals have formed a joint venture to cash in on “exponential growth” in the battery metal sector.

Chinese batteries and buses maker BYD been pre-selected as a potential supplier of battery-electric buses to the state of Georgia— despite an escalating trade tariffs feud between the US and China.