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Rio Tinto achieves battery-grade lithium production at Boron plant

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Rio Tinto has commenced production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine site in California. The demonstration plant has a design capacity of 10 tonnes per year of battery-grade lithium.

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Rio Tinto and InoBat partner to explore full life-cycle lithium battery initiative

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Rio Tinto and InoBat, a European battery technology and manufacturing company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to accelerate the establishment of a “cradle-to-cradle” battery manufacturing and recycling value chain in Serbia.

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Rio Tinto commits $2.4B for Jadar lithium project; planning 58,000 tons/year lithium carbonate by 2029

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billion to the Jadar lithium-borates project in Serbia, one of the world’s largest greenfield lithium projects. The project remains subject to receiving all relevant approvals, permits and licences and ongoing engagement with local communities, the Government of Serbia and civil society. Rio Tinto has committed $2.4 Earlier post.)

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Pre-series-production eActros 300 Tractor drives 3,000 km from Germany to Turkey for testing

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Test engineers chose a route across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria for the trip. Two eActros as two and three-axle vehicles—in series production since the end of 2021—accompanied the eActros 300 Tractor along the entire route. Series production of the e-truck is scheduled to start in the fall of this year.

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OCSiAl launching a graphene nanotube synthesis facility in Serbia in 1H 2023

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OCSiAl, the world’s largest manufacturer of graphene nanotubes ( earlier post ), is launching a graphene nanotube synthesis facility near Belgrade, Serbia, in the first half of 2023. The graphene nanotube synthesis facility in Serbia will leverage OCSiAl’s unique production technology.

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Rio Tinto to invest ~$200M to progress the Jadar lithium project to feasibility study stage; jaderite

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Rio Tinto has approved an additional investment of almost $200 million to progress the next stage of the development of the lithium-borate Jadar project in Serbia. The Jadar deposit contains high-grade mineralization of boron and lithium supporting a long-life operation in the first quartile of operating costs for both products.

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ElevenEs opens Europe’s first LFP battery cell facility

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Today, ElevenEs, the pioneer in LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) cathode battery technology, is opening of the first industrial facility dedicated to LFP battery cell production in Europe. ElevenEs, backed by EIT InnoEnergy, is leading battery innovation in Europe with its new production site, located in Subotica, Serbia.

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