VW's PowerCo and Umicore eye New Brunswick for battery materials plant

Ionway’s first battery materials plant, above, is set to be built in Nysa, Poland, and supply PowerCo battery-cell plants in Europe.

July 10, 2024 01:46 PM

A major player in the emerging electric-vehicle battery supply chain is eying New Brunswick as the possible location for a new battery materials manufacturing plant.

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