Battery project nears completion in Baotou

Construction work on the main part of a project to produce anode material for lithium ion batteries has been completed recently in Baotou, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, according to Baotou Daily.

At present, civil construction and integrated pipeline construction are underway.

The project, funded by Inner Mongolia Shanshan Technology Co with 1.2 billion yuan ($179 million) invested, is to produce 100,000 tons of lithium ion battery anode material annually upon completion.

This will involve building anode material production lines which includes the processing of raw coke materials, natural graphite, low temperature modification, carbonization, graphitization, finished product processing, testing, packaging and storage.

For the graphitization process, a base with an annual output of 50,000 tons will be located in Jiuyuan Industrial Park. It will require investment of 1.2 billion yuan and will cover 23.3 hectares.

After the project is completed and put into production, it is estimated that the annual output value will be 1 billion yuan, the annual tax payment will be 90 million yuan, and 600 job vacancies will be created.

Workers at the site of a lithium ion battery anode material project funded by Inner Mongolia Shanshan Technology Co [Photo/Baotou Daily]