China’s XTC and Orano strike €1.5 billion deal for France’s first cathode production

France is set to build its first lithium cathode material plant thanks to a joint venture signed between Chinese battery materials supplier XTC New Energy Materials and French nuclear fuel cycle specialist Orano. The companies have announced they will invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) into a cathode active material and precursor factory, both to […]