EMNI Signs Lithium-Ion Cell Supply Deal with India’s ADVANTEX Battery

On April 21, at the 2026 CATL Super Tech Day, CATL officially released its third-generation Shenxing Superfast Charging Battery, supporting ultra-high-rate charging equivalent to 10C and peaking at 15C. Specifically, charging from 10% to 35% takes just 1 minute, and from 10% to 98% takes only 6 minutes and 27 seconds; in an extremely cold environment of -30°C, charging from 20% to 98% also takes only 9 minutes, comprehensively surpassing the flash charging technology previously released by BYD on March 5, which achieved charging from 10% to 97% in 9 minutes. More notably, the Shenxing battery does not exclusively possess this charging speed; the Kirin battery and Xiaoyao battery will also be fully equipped with this performance as standard in the future.

On April 21, Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. released its first quarter report for 2026. During the reporting period, the company achieved operating revenue of 98.498 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.79% compared to 78.928 billion yuan in the same period last year; total profit reached 31.584 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 115.03%; net profit was 25.166 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 101.90%. In the lithium segment, the company achieved lithium carbonate equivalent production of 16,000 tons. Several lithium mine projects are steadily ramping up capacity, and the northeastern project of the Manono Lithium Mine is expected to be completed and commence production in June 2026.

Battery recycling company Battery Solutions announced on April 21 that it has partnered with BYD, the world’s top EV seller, to enter the LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery recycling market in South Korea for the first time.