'World's largest' niobium anode production facility inaugurated in Brazil

The plant aims to expand the use of niobium in battery production.

Run by niobium processing company CBMM, the site in Araxá is dedicated to producing UK-based Echion Technologies’ XNO ultrafast-charging, active anode, niobium oxide material technology.

CBMM claims the plant can produce 2,000t per year of the anode material. That is equivalent to 1GWh of lithium-ion cells.

XNO is used to electrify heavy-duty industrial, commercial and mass-transport vehicles.

By 2030, CBMM aims to reach a capacity of 20,000t of niobium oxide for batteries.