Vancouver’s Nano One has announced that it has partnered with Sumitomo Metal Mining, starting with a $16.9 million equity investment from the Japanese company. Sumitomo is a leading vertically integrated miner, refiner and producer of cathode active materials (CAM) with over 400 years of experience. The companies intend to jointly explore business development opportunities focused […]
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Rio Tinto Makes $10 Million Strategic Investment In Nano One
Mining multinational Rio Tinto has made a $10 million strategic investment in Vancouver’s Nano One Materials. Founded in 1873, Rio Tinto Group is the world’s second-largest metals and mining corporation. Nano One is a clean technology innovator in battery materials. The partnership and funding will accelerate Nano One’s multi-cathode (multi-CAM) commercialization strategy and support cathode […]
Nano One Collaborates with BASF to Innovate Clean Battery Technology
Nano One Materials announced this week that they have signed a joint development agreement with BASF. Nano One, a Vancouver-based battery innovator, says it will leverage the active chemical company’s extensive experience to co-develop a process with reduced by-products for the commercial production of next-generation cathode active materials. BASF has a proven track record of developing […]
Nano One Graduates to the Toronto Stock Exchange
Nano One Materials is moving to the Toronto Stock Exchange. Nano One shares will commence trading on the TSX effective as of market open on Tuesday June 8th under a new trading symbol “NANO”, and will cease to trade on the TSX Venture Exchange. The cleantech company has a patented, scalable and low carbon intensity […]
Nano One Enters Into Development Agreement With Brazilian Niobium Producer CBMM
Burnaby’s Nano One has entered into an advanced lithium-ion battery cathode materials coating development agreement with Brazil’s CBMM, the global leader in the production and commercialization of niobium. Nano One is a clean technology company with a patented low carbon intensity process for the production of low cost, high-performance cathode materials used in lithium-ion batteries. […]
Burnaby Companies To Innovate, Advance Cleantech Sector
Two Burnaby-based companies, Advanced Intelligent Systems and Nano One, are developing projects to advance B.C.’s clean technology sector while supporting a low-carbon future with support from the Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund. “Through CleanBC, we are supporting made-in-B.C. innovations that will help grow our world-leading clean tech sector and create good jobs,” said Bruce Ralston, Minister […]
Nano One Enters into Agreement with Major Global Automotive Company
Vancouver’s Nano One has entered into a cathode evaluation and benchmark agreement with an American-based multinational auto manufacturer to jointly evaluate Nano One’s cathode materials for automotive lithium ion batteries. CEO Dan Blondal called the manufacturer a “major global EV leader” however financial compensation towards for the project remains confidential. “The goal of this project […]
Nano One Announces Breakthrough in Battery Longevity
Nano One Materials announced this week that they have developed a breakthrough in longevity for a cobalt free high voltage battery that has been successfully demonstrated at automotive rates of charge and discharge for over 900 cycles. The demonstration battery uses a low cost, cobalt-free Lithium Nickel Manganese (LNM) cathode active material made with Nano […]
Four Investments In BC Technology You Can Make Today
Angel investors make small investments in startups to help their business get off the ground and carry the company through its difficult early stages. Angel investments can be a great opportunity for some serious financial upside—or downside—which is why these investments are reserved for high net worth individuals that can afford to make a few […]
Nano One Partners With Global Cathode Material Producer
Nano One has entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with a multi-billion-dollar Asian cathode material producer. According to Dan Blondal, CEO of Nano One, this producer, based outside of China, wishes to remain unnamed at present due to the highly competitive state of the lithium ion battery supply chain. Nano One has developed, patented […]