The investment exceeded 550 billion yuan in the first quarter! Investment enthusiasm of lithium battery industry chain] in 2022, the investment enthusiasm of lithium battery industry chain is still high, and the head battery and material enterprises are still the main force of investment expansion. According to incomplete statistics, in the first quarter of this year, there were 62 large-scale expansion projects in the global lithium battery industry chain, with a total investment of more than 550 billion yuan. Among them, 23 were invested in power and energy storage battery industry, 38 in lithium battery material industry, 1 in power battery recycling industry, and 56 enterprises were involved in 62 investments.
[go up! Why is "demon lithium" so ferocious? The explosive growth of the new energy vehicle market in 2021 has led to a triple jump in the price of battery-grade lithium carbonate, one of the main raw materials for power batteries, according to state media reports. From January to March in 2021, battery-grade lithium carbonate increased from 50,000 yuan / ton to 86000 yuan / ton; from August to November, it soared to 180000 yuan / ton; in December, it exceeded 200000 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month and rose to more than 270000 yuan / ton at the end of the month, an increase of more than 30 percent in the month and more than 400 percent in the same period last year.
[traditional phosphorus chemical giants scramble for lithium iron phosphate "big cake"] phosphorus chemical giants are speeding up the layout of lithium iron phosphate. On December 22, Chuanjinnuo announced that it plans to invest 150000 tons / year of battery-grade lithium iron phosphate cathode material precursor iron phosphate and supporting 600000 tons / year sulfur sulphuric acid production project in Guangxi, with a total investment of 1.5 billion yuan; in addition, the total investment of 100000 tons / year battery-grade lithium iron phosphate cathode material project is expected to be 2.4 billion yuan.
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