Featured in A Teutonic shift – 02-2018

Don’t worry, but keep asking

As both energy storage makers and car manufacturers keep close track of the prices of key raw materials for lithium-ion batteries, the question of their availability is thrust into the limelight. Meanwhile, the recycling industry is gearing up to provide alternative supply chains.

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Marija Maisch

28 Feb 2018

What’s inside? A question seldom heard in modern society hooked on a use-and-discard cycle. Things are taken for granted; wake-up calls go unanswered. But, perturbed by the raw material price spikes, the storage industry recently had many more questions to ask. The immediate answer is: Keep calm, but for a short while it might get …

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