Recently, the annual 50,000-ton LIB recycling anode material project was officially put into operation. According to public information, the project involves a total investment of RMB 1.06 billion, located in Dongbao Industrial Park, Jingmen. It consists of high-performance, multi-type graphite anode material recycling and repairing production lines, covering full processes including waste electrode sheet pulverizing, shaping & grading, acid washing & purification, low-temperature carbonization, high-temperature coating, mixing & screening, etc. After reaching full capacity, it will achieve an annual output of 50,000 tons of recycled graphite anode materials, with an estimated annual output value of RMB 350 million.

On June 24, the first public notice for the environmental impact assessment of the annual 1,000-ton silicon-carbon anode material construction project of Jiangxi Naer Lithium Battery Materials Co., Ltd. was released. The project uses porous carbon, silane, and other materials as raw materials, and will procure production equipment such as CVD nano-silicon deposition systems, interfacial coating and cracking systems, crushers, and supporting environmental protection facilities. Upon completion, the project will achieve an annual production capacity of 1,000 tons of silicon-carbon anode materials. The project is under the construction responsibility of Jiangxi Naer Lithium Battery Materials Co., Ltd., with the environmental impact assessment conducted by Jiangxi Shengjia Technology Consulting Services Co., Ltd.

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. and Georgia Tech Research Corporation filed a Section 337 complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on June 18, alleging that certain anode materials used in battery cells and batteries violate Section 337 of the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930 through their importation, sale, or distribution in the United States. The filing concerns lithium battery anode materials and is currently at the complaint stage pending ITC review.

[SMM Lithium Battery Anode Raw Material Market Weekly Review: Integrated Capacity Gap Supports Artificial Graphite Strength, Weak Demand and Cost Floor Keep Natural Graphite Stable] June 18 News: This week, artificial graphite anode material prices remained stable. Cost and profit side, the cost pressure caused by earlier price increases in raw materials and outsourced processing has gradually eased.

HS Hyosung established a joint venture, HS Hyosung Energy Solution Korea, with Belgian materials company Umicore on June 1. The new entity was set up to produce silicon anode materials, with Ulsan selected as its production base.

[SMM Lithium Battery Anode Raw Material Market Weekly Review: Artificial Graphite Supply-Demand Tightness Causes Slight Price Increases, Natural Graphite Costs Provide Support with Stable Operation] June 11: This week, prices of some artificial graphite anode materials saw a slight increase.