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Ganfeng Lithium approves construction of ‘new type' lithium battery and energy storage project

Vladimir Basov

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(Kitco News) - China's Ganfeng Lithium, the world’s largest lithium metal producer, reported yesterday that at its first extraordinary general meeting of 2023, the company approved the proposed investment and construction of a new type lithium battery and energy storage project with 10 GWh annual capacity.

This project will be implemented by Ganfeng LiEnergy, a subsidiary of Ganfeng Lithium, which focuses on the research & development and application of cutting-edge lithium battery technologies.

Ganfeng LiEnergy’s products include solid state batteries, consumer batteries, small polymer batteries, power batteries, and energy storage systems, covering more than 20 specific types under these 5 categories.

Ganfeng Lithium assets are located across the globe and it is the only company in the lithium industry that has the commercial scale technologies to extract lithium from brine, ore and recycled materials.

The company’s lithium compound capacity ranks third worldwide, first in China, and it is the world’s largest lithium metal producer. The group has complete battery manufacturing and recycling technology.

By Vladimir Basov

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