Battery recyclers Huayou Recycling, of China, and Tozero, of Germany, have announced an agreement in which they will partner on the supply and processing of battery scrap in Europe, Fastmarkets has learned.

Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt has become the first company outside China to achieve a sodium-ion battery with 160 Wh per kg of energy density, the company told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 21.

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Zinc producer Korea Zinc has entered into a $140 million investment agreement with Trafigura to build an “all-in-one” nickel refinery, it said on Friday November 17

China’s combined output of power batteries and energy storage system (ESS) batteries declined by 0.1% month on month in October to 77.3 gigawatt hours (GWh) from 77.4 GWh in September, according to the latest data from China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA)

China’s lithium prices continued to soften in the week to Thursday November 16, remaining under downward pressure from persistently weak buying appetite and bearish sentiment

European producers of synthetic graphite have welcomed the addition of the material into the European Commission’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) but they stress more needs to be done for the sector to compete with Chinese imports and meet the act’s goals

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce will include rare earths in its Catalog of Energy and Resource Products Subject to Export Reporting, the ministry said on Tuesday November 7

Buyers of black mass in Asia have returned to the market for bookings of shredded lithium-ion battery packs at stable prices over the past week, sources have told Fastmarkets.

China’s lithium prices extended losses in the week ended Thursday November 2, which market participants attributed to ongoing weak demand and bearish sentiment.