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Thursday 20 June 2024
India steps up efforts for cobalt supply
After identifying 30 critical minerals essential for national security, India intensified its efforts to secure cobalt, given its increasing importance in the global shift towards...
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Stellantis secures battery-grade nickel and cobalt supply in Australia
Stellantis has deepened ties with another battery material partner to support its electrified future. The carmaker and Australia-based Alliance Nickel have signed a five-year agreement...
Friday 14 April 2023
Apple to use 100% recycled cobalt and rare earth in its products
Apple announced an ambitious plan to expand the use of recycled materials across its products, which would require suppliers to achieve certain environmental benchmarks to secure...
Tuesday 7 March 2023
The cobalt market saw a record-breaking supply boom in 2022
The cobalt market saw its biggest ever supply surge last year, driven by booming production of the crucial battery metal in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia, according...
Thursday 11 March 2021
Notebook battery suppliers to raise prices by 10-15%
Notebook battery module makers are poised to raise their quotes by 10-15% to reflect rising raw materials costs, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 15 January 2020
China makers still facing issues developing 811 NCM EV batteries
Many China-based electric vehicle (EV) battery makers believe their development of high-nickel 811 NCM, nickel (N)-cobalt (C)-manganese (M) in the content ratio of 8 for N, 1 for...
Tuesday 19 June 2018
Cobalt solutions best helper for 7nm node: Q&A with Applied Materials expert Jonathan Bakke
While Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung are entering the 7nm process era, the latest cobalt-based process solutions rolled out by Applied Materials following...
Friday 8 June 2018
Applied Materials breakthrough accelerates chip performance in big data and AI era
Applied Materials has announced a breakthrough in materials engineering that accelerates chip performance in the big data and AI era.
Monday 14 August 2017
Notebook lithium battery prices rising
Because of increasing prices for raw materials and strong demand from the electric vehicle and smartphone market segments, lithium batteries for notebooks are expected to see another...
Thursday 4 December 2008
Notebook battery cell pricing starting to drop in December
Battery cell makers are planning to drop their prices by 5-8% in December this year following a recent fall in the global price of cobalt, an important raw material for battery cells...