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China’s leading domestic cathode supplier Easpring has been aggressively courting partners across the lithium battery supply chain. A new member has been added to its group of strategic partners that include SK Group, Huayou Cobalt, Lishen, and WeLion. On July 16, Easpring signed a strategic cooperation agreement for 2022-2025 with QingTao (Kunshan) Energy Development. The event was then formally announced on the next day. ...  more

Taiwan Cement announced today that the company is now an official member of Climate Group’s EP100. It is the first major manufacturer in Taiwan to be joining EP100, and the fourth cement company in the world to have passed the EP100 review. Taiwan Cement also promises to incorporate the ISO50001 energy management system for all of its cement plant 2030 in the hope achieving a 50% increase in energy productivity by 2040 compared to that of the 2016 base year.  ...  more

South Korea's Hyundai Group has spared no effort to develop electric vehicles. From the perspective of pure electric platforms, it can be said that it is following in the footsteps of Tesla. Now it has announced that it will launch a low-cost electric car with a target price of 20,000 euros. ...  more

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic's first-quarter financial report was released and revenue fell 39% due to the impact of China's lockdown and rising battery raw material costs. ...  more

Delta hosted an online earnings call today (29th) and announced its financial statements and 1H22 performance. When looking ahead to 2H22, Yancey Hai, Chairman of Delta, commented that there has been a mitigation in material shortages, and is optimistic towards 2H22 performance. ...  more

The Raw Material Division of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) reported in mid-July that China’s production capacity for rolled PV glass grew by 121.6% year on year for the first half of 2022. ...  more

TBEA announced on July 12 that its subsidiaries Xinte Energy, Xinjiang Xinte Crystal Hi-Tech, Inner Mongolia Xinte Silicon Materials, and Xinte Silicon New Materials have signed a strategic cooperation sale and purchase agreement with Shuangliang Silicon Materials (Baotou). ...  more

According to the reporting by Chinese news outlets such as Xinhua News Agency, Yingli Solar formally activated its new 2GW high-efficiency PV module production site in Ningxia on July 16. ...  more

Silicon China, a branch of China Nonferrous Metal Industry Association, released its latest report on the price trends of polysilicon materials used in the manufacturing of PV products on July 27. This update pertains to prices in China during this week (i.e., the week of July 25). ...  more