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Chinese LIB components firm ups stake in Australian lithium miner

Chinese lithium battery components producer Ningbo Shanshan has strengthened its supply chain by increasing its stake in Australia’s Altura Mining.

Altura said Shanshan would invest AUD$22.4 million (US$16m) and become the lithium miner’s single-largest shareholder, with a stake of 19%, subject to completion of various regulatory approvals.

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BP tilts at storage with Tesla wind farm battery

BP Wind Energy, part of the BP oil and gas group, has signed a deal to launch its first lithium battery wind energy storage facility in the US later this year.

BP has signed a purchase agreement through its Rolling Thunder I Power Partners subsidiary for a Tesla 212kW/840kWh lithium-ion battery to be integrated with the Titan 1 wind farm in South Dakota. The battery will be configured to help manage internal electricity demands of turbines.

Navitas adds “customised” lithium cell line for US military

US lithium battery storage company Navitas Systems has installed a new automated cells production line at its Michigan facility to “optimise custom cell manufacturing” for the country’s military.

Navitas said it is working with the aerospace and defence company Lockheed Martin to bring “higher-performing” lithium products to the US Navy— because “the US military has had limited battery options” as many lithium cell suppliers are based in “adversary countries”.

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Chinese firms ink Li-battery materials pipeline deal

Two Chinese companies have signed an international raw materials supply chain deal aimed at creating “one of the most technologically-advanced lithium battery cathode material manufacturers” in the country.

BCL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based investments firm Burwill, agreed the deal with Chinese lithium battery materials provider Hunan Changyuan Lico on 9 February.

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Canada-Australia graphite deal to feed Korean battery firms

Canadian and Australian firms have signed a deal to supply 24,000 tonnes of flake graphite annually to South Korea’s expanding lithium battery industry.

Under the terms of the agreement, Canadian graphite developer DNI Metals will supply the material from its projects in Madagascar to Korean Graphite— a subsidiary of Australia’s Peninsula Mines— from the fourth quarter of this year.

Lithium anodes born in the USA?

The founder of a lithium battery component testing laboratory believes graphitic anode manufacture could be brought to the USA, obviating the need to buy the material from China and bolstering US battery manufacturing industry.

Ed Buiel, founder of Coulometrics told the Florida battery seminar that from his evaluations, most natural graphites were essentially the same but the differences came in purification.

Flux appointment to flex East Coast battery muscle

Industrial lithium battery developer Flux Power Holding has expanded its national sales effort with the hiring of its first sales professional east of Chicago.

Ryan Greene has been named as the US firm’s eastern regional sales manager, based in Greenville, South Carolina.

Chinese battery maker muscles into European EV market

Lithium battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) has bought a large stake in a Finnish firm as it looks to move into the European electric vehicle market.

The Ningde, China-based battery maker bought a 22% stake in the auto supplier for an undisclosed fee, reported newswire Reuters.

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Navitas appoints director of federal business development

new director of federal business development Jeff Cunningham at Navitas

US lithium-ion battery firm Navitas Systems has named Jeff Cunningham as new director of federal business development to focus on military and government battery product sales.

Cunningham will be responsible for growing Navitas Systems' military battery customer base and expanding the company's programmes with the federal government.

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USABC awards Seeo for EV battery testing

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) has assigned California-based lithium polymer battery maker Seeo with a $298,700 contract to test the company’s battery cell technology for electric vehicle applications.

Under the nine-month assignment, Seeo will deliver its ‘DryLyte’ battery modules to the USABC. The modules use proprietary non-flammable polymer electrolyte and provide an energy density of 220Wh/kg. Each module provides 1.65kWh storage capacity.