Batteries: Industry heavyweights discuss integrated battery future
How will batteries change our world? This was the topic of debate at the Royal Institution panel on 13 June, with focus on the new role that batteries could have in future infrastructure and home life. Speakers included: Peter Stephens — Head of UK External and Governmental Affairs at Nissan… Read more
Rare earths: Taiwan boosts its offshore wind energy capacity
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will supply offshore wind turbines for the 376MW Taiwanese Formosa 2 offshore wind farm project which is set to begin construction in 2020 subject to a final investment decision by consortium partners. The Formosa 2 project will use 47 permanent-magnet-based SG8.0-167 direct drive (DD) offshore wind… Read more
Automotive: Toyota accelerates its EV mass-manufacturing strategy by five years
Toyota, a prominent advocate of hybrid and fuel cells cars, announced in June that it will accelerate its EV deployment by having half of its global sales electric by 2025, five years ahead of schedule. Toyota’s Executive Vice President Shigeki Terashi commented that the company is now facing higher than… Read more
Tightening supply bodes well for new vanadium projects
Roskill’s Jack Bedder views the market for vanadium as dynamic and diverse and suspects it’ll remain in deficit for some time. He says while supply will remain tight, demand is set to increase considerably over the short term. Roskill’s five-year outlook predicts total market growth of 4% per year.
Copper prices to move higher as China demand accelerates
Roskill’s Jon Barnes talks Proactive London through his views on where copper demand and supply is heading through 2019 and beyond. Barnes says “2018 proved a good year for demand with growth of around 3%, which when compared to average yearly growth of nearly 2–2.5%, it was a good outcome”.… Watch now
Nickel projects attracting increased investor confidence and interest
Roskill’s Thomas Höhne-Sparborth discusses with Proactive London’s Andrew Scott the outlook for Nickel. He says prices are still relatively low by historical standards—on average, every year between 2004 and 2014, the LME nickel cash price was above the 2018 year-to-date average price. He adds that the push for automotive electrification… Watch now
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