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Startups

Altmin is building India's first factory to manufacture the cathodes inside lithium batteries

Your Story · India

The Hyderabad-based company makes lithium iron phosphate cathode active material, the single most expensive component in a battery cell, which India currently …

Engineering

Zap Rocks. Add Water. Get Clean Hydrogen

IEEE Spectrum · Global

In a tranquil Boston suburb, on the far edge of a horse farm, where pasture gives way to woods, a crane lowers an enormous electrode into a borehole. The elect…

Geopolitics

Massive fire at chemical factory forces evacuations in Brazil

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

Massive fire at chemical factory forces evacuations in Brazil

Geopolitics

US scientist Elsa Reichmanis defends global collaboration amid scrutiny of science exchange

South China Morning Post – World · China

American materials scientist Elsa Reichmanis, whose pioneering work helped lay part of the foundation for modern semiconductor manufacturing, said scientific c…

Tech & Startups

Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory

TechCrunch · US

Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

Geopolitics

Chip giant TSMC pledges another $100bn to expand US production

BBC News – World · Europe

The company says it will create "high-tech, high-paying jobs", and raises its total commitment to the US to $265bn.

Startups

From battery waste to industrial metals: Inside Metastable Materials' Bengaluru refinery

Your Story · India

Metastable Materials believes India's growing battery waste isn’t really waste. The Bengaluru startup extracts lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and aluminium fr…

Geopolitics

Got $100 Million? Ukraine Has Just the Fertilizer Plant for You.

The New York Times – World · US

An effort to privatize the facility is a key test of whether Kyiv can overcome concerns about Russian attacks and corruption to attract foreign investment.

Geopolitics

China doubles down on chemical plant expansion with tech breakthrough amid Iran war

South China Morning Post – World · China

China is doubling down on mega chemical plants to secure the “industrial gold” needed for its green technology and to scale the coal-based production of chemic…

Geopolitics

Major explosion at Russian petrochemical plant

Al Jazeera – News · Middle East

A massive explosion occurred at a major petrochemical plant in Russia, killing at least two people and injuring dozens.

Geopolitics

One of Britain’s last major chemical plants at risk as energy prices surge

The Guardian – World · Europe

If costs stay high for the next three months, US owner Peter Huntsman says he will close the site on TeessideThe American owner of one of Britain’s last major …

Tech & Startups

Group14 opens factory to produce battery materials for flash charging EVs

TechCrunch · US

The startup's new BAM-3 facility can make enough silicon anode material annually to supply about 100,000 long-range EVs.

Geopolitics

At least 17 killed, 18 injured in powerful blast at ammunition manufacturing factory in Nagpur

Times of India – World · India

A devastating explosion at an ammunition manufacturing company near Nagpur claimed at least 17 lives and critically injured 18 others on Sunday morning. The bl…

Geopolitics

20 dead, most of them women, in Andhra Pradesh's worst firecracker unit explosion

Times of India – World · India

- Explosion at firecracker unit in Vetlapalem, Kakinada. - At least 20 killed, 12 seriously injured. - Incident occurred at a manufacturing unit. - Locat…

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