article thumbnail

Daimler takes 12% stake in Chinese parter BAIC Motor; first non-Chinese automotive company to acquire an interest in a Chinese OEM

Green Car Congress

This marks the first investment by a non-Chinese automotive company in a Chinese OEM. The official closing of the transaction followed a short time after the signing of the investment agreement between the two companies in Stuttgart earlier this year and a smooth approval by the relevant Chinese authorities. Daimler in China.

Chinese 259
article thumbnail

MagREEsource secures €5M in financing; opening first pilot magnet recycling facility in Grenoble

Green Car Congress

MagREEsource, a 2020 spin-off of the CNRS-Institut Néel that is commercializing processes for recycling rare-earth magnets and then remanufacturing new magnets from the recycled powders, has secured €5 million in financing and has opened its first pilot facility in Grenoble, with a capacity of 50 tons by 2023.

Financing 243
article thumbnail

Ukraine state oil and gas company signs $3.656B credit agreement with China Development Bank to finance substituting natural gas with coal

Green Car Congress

The Ukraine state oil and gas company Naftogaz signed a US$3.656-billion credit agreement with the state-owned China Development Bank to finance the program of substituting natural gas with locally produced coal. Previously, Ukraine expressed its interest in the Chinese technology of coal gasification and coal-water fuel production.

Ukraine 236
article thumbnail

Northern Graphite closes acquisition of two graphite mines; 3rd largest non-Chinese graphite company

Green Car Congress

The acquisitions will provide Northern with 40-50,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of graphite production capacity in Québec and Namibia, which will make it the third-largest non-Chinese natural graphite producing company. and a CDN$23-million equity offering lead by Sprott Capital Partners LP.

Namibia 284
article thumbnail

Chinese steel group Tsingshan investing $375M to build lithium plant in Argentina with Eramet

Green Car Congress

interest, and will retain operational management responsibility; its partner Tsingshan is financing the plant construction in exchange for 49.9% For this project with high value creation potential, our partner Tsingshan will provide its industrial expertise and financing capabilities needed for the construction of the plant.

Argentina 335
article thumbnail

Study of premium car buyers finds large majority see driving EV within 5 years; financing most popular option

Green Car Congress

There was also a strong interest in financing options: Of the respondents interested in electric cars, 66% of the German and 65% of the American study participants stated that they would purchase the vehicle via a financial product (financing, leasing or car subscription). This is followed by subscription (32%) and leasing (26%).

Financing 186
article thumbnail

Roskill: rare earth magnet applications to account for ~40% of total RE demand by 2030, up from 29% in 2020

Green Car Congress

The supply of rare earths has become an increasingly geopolitical issue in the US, Europe and Japan, with Chinese market dominance seen as a supply risk for critical elements including neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr) and dysprosium (Dy).

2020 418