Shortages of PVDF for Lithium Battery Unlikely Improve, Prices Will Secure Strong Support

According to relevant reports, on March 26, the construction of phase II of Millison Modern Industrial Park, which mainly undertakes the production of super-large structural parts such as 5G communication body, new energy vehicle motor, power battery, electronic control system and body, was held in Dajiang Scientific Innovation City in Tianming District, Chongqing.

In the past 2021, China's new energy industry developed rapidly, and the demand for the new energy vehicle market was greatly increased. According to the record of 2021, the global cumulative sales of new energy passenger cars exceeded 6.31 million, more than 2.2 times that of 2020. China has accounted for 52% of the global shares of new energy vehicles, with 3.312 million vehicles sold, up 275% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the installed capacity of motive power lithium batteries reached 154.5GWh, up 143% year-on-year, in 2021.

 Electronic Information Division of MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) issued the Lithium-ion Battery Industry Standard Conditions (2021) (draft) and Administrative Measures for the Announcement of Lithium-ion Battery Specification (2021) (draft) for public opinions on November 18 in order to further strengthen the lithium-ion battery industry management, and to promote the industry transformation and upgrading as well as technological progress. The Standard Conditions provides standardised guidance on the operation of lithium-ion battery companies and projects from many aspects. At the same time, the document also stipulates the performance of almost every type of lithium-ion batteries and battery packs, including consumer batteries and motive power batteries.

This is a roundup of China's metals output in August 2021, from an exclusive survey of key producers by SMM analysts.

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Demand for copper has surged significantly in the past 20 years and is expected to rise further due to the surge in demand for electric vehicles, while global copper supply is likely to continue to shrink in the future, according to Paul Ward at Anglo American.

Global demand for cobalt in 2019 is expected to increase 4%, at 137,200 mt, while supply will remain flat at 163,500 mt

Today a battery material plant of Aleees began construction in Guian New District, Guizhou Province.

Dynavolt Tech disclosed its quarterly report for the third quarter, saying its revenues reach 2.48 billion yuan during first three quarters, rising 170.48% on yearly basis.

Dynavolt Renewable Energy Technology Co. signed Trilateral Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Nanjing Golden Dragon Bus Co. and Wuhan Liwei New Energy to jointly developing the new energy market.