From September 12 to 17, SMM New Energy Division Director Wang Tian and marketing consultant Yu Lei are leading the SMM staff and members of the delegation to visit raw material enterprises of lithium battery industry in Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, with the purpose of facilitating closer and in-depth cooperation as well as more effective and sustainable communications.

Operating rates across lead-acid battery producers in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hebei provinces increased 0.22 percentage point from September 3 to 69.94% as of Friday September 10.

Operating rates across lead-acid battery producers in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hebei provinces stood largely flat at 69.72% on the week as of Friday September 3.

BTR New Energy Material intends to establish a joint venture Sichuan Ruifu New Material Technology with Fuan to build a production line with annual output of 100,000 mt of lithium battery anode precursor and finished products.

China produced 471,000 sets of new energy vehicles in Q1 2017, down 2.5% from 483,000 sets seen at the same period of 2016, and down 80% compared to Q4 2016’s level.

China’s Li-ion battery production was 757 million in March 2017, up 45.3% YoY, and totaled 1.92 billion in the first three months of 2017, up 35.2% YoY.

Senrun Recycling Metal Products Co. plans to invest a total of RMB 120 million in scrap lead-acid battery recycling project in Linxi County, Chifeng, City, Inner Mongolia.

The lead-acid battery imports in China totaled 861,500 units in August, up 21.76% MoM and 29.40% YoY, China Customs reported.

China exported 22.07 million units of lead-acid batteries in August, up 12.89% MoM and 20.98% YoY, based on data from China Customs.

China’s GEM Co. is expected to produce 30,000 tonnes of battery materials in 2016, the company announced on July 5.