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BMW Group inks deal to secure ‘ethically’ sourced cobalt supply from Morocco

Vehicle OEM BMW Group has signed a €100 million supply deal to secure a ethically sourced cobalt supply from Morocco as the company extends its electric vehicle fleet.

The supply contract will see BMW firm source around a fifth of its cobalt needs for its electric drive trains from Moroccan mining company Managem Group.

Vehicle OEM

BMW Group

cobalt

Morocco

electric vehicle

Azelio inaugurates thermal energy storage project in Morocco

The launch of Swedish firm Azelio’s thermal energy storage system in Morocco was marked with an inauguration ceremony on 5 March.

The installation at the firm’s Noor Ouarzazate solar complex follows a joint technical and business development agreement between Azelio and the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN).

Swedish

Azelio

thermal energy storage system

Morocco

Lithium-ion battery anode pioneer recognised after missing out on Nobel prize

He may have been overlooked for a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but the man whose technology rests in more than 95% of all lithium-ion batteries has been recognised for his work in bringing the chemistry to a global market.

Morocco’s Professor Rachid Yazami was given the Mohammed bin Rashid Medal for Scientific Distinguishment for his work in inventing a graphite anode for lithium-ion batteries.

Morocco

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Lithium-ion

batteries

chemistry