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BCI opens registration for convention and awards

November 17, 2022: Registration is open for the next Battery Council International Convention + Power Mart, to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 23-26 next year and nominations can…

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Sorfin’s Fink backs MAC-Inbatec supply chain partnership

November 17, 2022: Sorfin Yoshimura president Scott Fink has told BESB he welcomes a new partnership between MAC Engineering and Inbatec to strengthen the lead battery industry supply chain. The…

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Canada clamps down on China investments ‘threat’ to critical minerals

November 10, 2022: Canada has ordered Chinese companies to divest their holdings in three Canadian-listed junior mining companies planning to develop lithium deposits, in a bid to safeguard critical battery…

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Lead battery industry stalwart Mihara retiring from Microporous

November 10, 2022: David Mihara, Microporous’s much-liked and much-admired VP of technology, announced on November 3 that he will be retiring at the end of this month after more than…

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Lead to be tracked on Bloomberg Commodity Index

November 10, 2022: Lead is to become the 24th commodity to be included in the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM), Bloomberg announced on October 27. A BCOM spokesperson told BESB that…

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ENTEK’s Medford joins White House skills investment event

November 3, 2022: Kimberly Medford, president of ENTEK Manufacturing, took part in a White House event on November 2 in support of the Talent Pipeline Challenge — a US government-backed…

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Sunlight’s Technoform acquires battery cases firm Netelco

November 3, 2022: Sunlight Group subsidiary Technoform acquired Greek battery cases producer Netelco on October 17 for an undisclosed sum, the companies have announced. Netelco, based near Sunlight’s headquarters in…

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Nyrstar’s Port Pirie smelter closed for A$45m works project

October 20, 2022: Nyrstar has shut down its Port Pirie lead smelter in South Australia as part of a planned A$45 million ($28 million) works programme, BESB has learned. A…

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New rulebook set to tackle misnomers in opaque EV supply chain emissions

October 6, 2022: A rulebook that aims to shed light on the true levels of greenhouse gas emissions involved in the battery materials supply chain for electric vehicles — and…

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Amara Raja moves to acquire Mangal components unit

October 6, 2022: India’s Amara Raja Batteries is proposing to integrate the plastic battery components business of a key supplier, Mangal Industries, with its own battery manufacturing operations, the group…

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