Australian firm eyes Ascension Parish for EV battery materials production plant

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Australian company Element 25 is exploring plans to build an electric vehicle battery materials production facility in Ascension Parish, LED announced this morning. If the project comes to fruition, the facility would be the first in the Western Hemisphere to manufacture high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate, a critical component in EV batteries. Element 25 would invest

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