[Sino-French companies plan joint venture to build a new battery factory] On May 12, 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that China Xiamen Xiamen Tungsten New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. plans to establish a battery field laboratory with the French company Orano in Dunkirk, a port city in northern France. Joint venture with an expected investment of 1.5 billion euros and the creation of 1,700 jobs. Macron pointed out that Xiamen Tungsten New Energy's joint venture with Orano is complementary to ProLogium's factory because it will be upstream in the production of batteries for electric vehicles. Edit/Ma Xue

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• 2026.09.02 15:27
• [China makes significant breakthrough in difficult to select iron ore resources]
• The world's largest difficult to select iron ore magnetization roasting project will be completed and accepted on September 1, 2026. This technology integrates multiple core innovations such as complex mineral directional transformation process, low-temperature reaction process strengthening theory, and particle residence time control method, which can produce iron concentrate products with iron element mass accounting for 65% after processing iron tailings with only 11% iron content. Editor/Cheng Liting

• 2026.09.02 15:26
• [The cumulative transaction volume of Hubei carbon market has exceeded 10 billion yuan]
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