Varta - Semi-Annual Report 2019. Forecast for 2019 has been raised again.
VARTA AG accelerates the high sales and earnings growth in the first half of 2019 - forecast for 2019 is raised again August 6, 2019 Group sales grow very dynamically in the first half of the year by 15,8% to EUR 151,5 million.Adjusted EBITDA continues to rise significantly more than proportionally 54,6% to EUR 37,2 million. Adjusted EBITDA margin improves very significantly by 6,2 [...]
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Battery production in record speed
30.07.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX - With a new coating process, a research team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has achieved the fastest production of electrodes for lithium-ion batteries to date. At the same time, the new process improves the quality of the electrodes and reduces production costs. When manufacturing electrodes for batteries, electrode material is applied as a thin paste in a rectangular pattern onto a sheet of [...]
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ECO COM'BAT opens up new possibilities for improving the sustainability of high-voltage batteries
Electromobility places high demands on new high-performance batteries - range, service life, safety and charging times, to name just a few. The real challenge is the resource requirements for a growing number of large lithium-based car batteries. Ten partners from industry and research have therefore come together in the EU-funded ECO COM'BAT project to create a sustainable next generation of high-voltage lithium-ion batteries [...]
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Strategic metals prices in August 2019
Prices for strategic metals in August 2019. Prices for the oxides of the strategic metals Prices for the metals of the strategic metals Goods quality USD / Kg USD / month Aug. 2019 USD / month July 2019 Change from previous month USD / month Price setting Antimony Ingot 99,6500 , 5,66 5.663,50 5.444,00 4,03 30.07.19 55,0000/4,28/4.283,93 Antimony Ore 0,00 30.07.19 99,5000 1,12 XNUMX/XNUMX/XNUMX Antimony Oxide XNUMX XNUMX [...]
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12. ABAA - Advanced lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications
Registration deadline: August 11, 2019 International experts meet at the 12th ABAA in Ulm July 31, 2019 Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) The world's leading experts for batteries will meet from 6 to 9 September October in Ulm. At the 12th Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automobile Applications (ABAA 12) you will be informed about the latest [...]
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XNRGI has developed the first lithium metal battery on the basis of porous silicon chips.
XNRGI's 15 issued patents, 13 applications, and 6 patent declarations were funded over a 15-year period with an investment of more than $ 80 million by Intel, Motorola, Energizer, the United States Navy, and the Argonne National Laboratory / United States Department of Energy States developed. Among other things, grants from the Energy Ministry for prefabrication and [...]
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Bolivia's agreement with major powers, the start of Bolivia in the world
Jul 26.07.2019, XNUMX - Important agreements with major powers such as Russia, China, India and Germany in connection with the industrialization of lithium and petroleum products bring Bolivia to the international stage today, said economic analyst Miguel Angel Marañón. Since the natural gas industry was successfully nationalized after Evo Morales took over government, government revenues have increased significantly. At the same time, the [...]
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Sweden relies on South American resources to ensure lithium supply
Jul 26.07.2019, XNUMX - The Swedish government also warned of China's growing dominance in the ore market. Sweden has Peru and other countries with large lithium reserves in South America in view of a global race in which the industrialized nations want to ensure the supply of batteries for electric vehicles. The Vice Foreign Minister, Johansson, of the Scandinavian country who visited Peru last month said [...]
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Ultra flexible textile lithium battery for wearables
Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) developed a highly flexible and high-energy textile lithium battery that provides a more stable, longer-lasting and safer power supply for wearable electronics with a wide variety of uses, such as medicine, 'smart' textiles, Smartphones, GPS and IoT. Professor Zheng Zijian heads the research team of the "Institute of Textiles and Clothing" at PolyU [...]
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Rock Tech Lithium Inc .: Electromobility - Breakthrough in Europe is imminent
Rock Tech Lithium Inc .: Electromobility - Breakthrough in Europe is imminent - Ceilings for CO2 emissions from 2020 will push rapid market launch Dirk Harbecke, Chairman of Rock Tech Lithium, explains the background to the lithium market. In no other country is the government pushing electromobility so strongly through bans on the [...]
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