SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Talga Group Ltd (TLG:ASX) has commissioned its Electric Vehicle Anode qualification plant in Luleå, Sweden.
The EVA, understood to be Europe’s first Li-ion battery anode plant, will produce large scale commercial samples of Talga’s coated active anode supplies for battery buyer qualification. The now operational plant was commissioned on time and inside budget.
Plant manufacturing stages includes shaping and coating to produce Talga’s flagship Li-ion battery anode, Talnode -C. The anode manufacturing course of will use purified graphite focus from Talga’s wholly-owned Vittangi graphite project, in line with the Company’s vertically built-in enterprise model.
The plant will be formally launched at an occasion on Friday 1 April 2022 attended by customers, authorities officers and native stakeholders. A community open day will be held on 2 April 2022.
Talga Managing Director, Mark Thompson, commented: “With demand for clear graphite anode rising, Talga’s Electric Vehicle Anode plant is an important step inside the journey for the institution of a European EV and battery provide chain. We look ahead to begin delivering large scale samples to engaged EV battery customers.”
Large scale commercial testing is a critical stage inside the EV buyer procurement course of for active anode material. The EVA plant represents an integral step in scaling up Talga’s vertically built-in mine-to-anode enterprise and provides the Company with a distinctive benefit inside the fast-growing European Li-ion battery provide chain.
Talga Group Ltd (ASX:TLG) is constructing a European battery anode and graphene components provide chain, to provide superior supplies critical to its customers’ innovation and the shift towards a extra sustainable world. Vertical integration, together with possession of a number of high-grade Swedish graphite projects, provides safety of provide and creates long-lasting worth for stakeholders.
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