Taihe, dans l'Anhui, lance un projet de recyclage de batteries usagées de 60 millions de dollars d'une capacité de 50 000 tonnes.

[SMM Daily Review: Spot Lithium Carbonate Price Consolidates Upward on July 27] Today, the SMM battery-grade lithium carbonate spot price consolidated upward compared with the previous working day. In the futures market, the lithium carbonate 2609 contract opened high at 145,800 yuan/mt today. After opening, bulls moved quickly, pushing the price to a high of 148,200 yuan/mt. It then encountered bearish selling pressure and pulled back in consolidation, fluctuating repeatedly below the average price line (146,000 yuan/mt) in the morning session, touching a low of 143,300 yuan/mt. Around midday, bulls and bears wrestled within the 143,300–146,000 yuan/mt range. In the afternoon, bulls re-entered, and the price quickly surged past resistance at the average price line, then consolidated higher. In late trading, bulls continued to push and ended near 147,200 yuan/mt, ultimately closing up 2.39% at 147,200 yuan/mt, with open interest declining by 585 lots. In the spot market, downstream procurement remained primarily just-in-time procurement, with transactions concentrated around 145,000 yuan/mt, as acceptance of higher prices was limited. Upstream lithium chemical plants remained steadfast in holding spot order prices firm, but were weighed down by downstream wait-and-see sentiment, and buyers and sellers continued to wrestle. Market inquiries and actual transactions maintained an overall stable trend.

Samsung Electronics a adopté un matériau d'anode en silicium-carbone dans son nouveau smartphone pliable, le Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. Malgré son profil le plus fin jamais atteint de 4,1 mm, le nouveau modèle est équipé d'une batterie de 5 000 mAh, offrant une capacité 14 % supérieure à celle du modèle précédent, le Galaxy Z Fold7.

Hyundai Motor a commencé à transférer les équipements de sa ligne de production vers MAAC (Campus Anseong Mobility Alpha-line), sa première usine de batteries en interne. La capacité de production initiale de l’usine serait de 2 GWh par an. Hyundai Motor utilisera des batteries NCM, plutôt que des batteries LFP, et prévoit de construire d’abord une ligne de production de batteries de type poche cette année. L’entreprise devrait également discuter de la production de batteries prismatiques l’année prochaine.