Cathode-material manufacturer buying NCA/NCM precursors and contracting with Samsung SDI.
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EcoPro BM's corporate history and contemporary reporting record a cathode-material contract with Samsung SDI covering 2024–2028; trade reporting identifies NCA chemistry.
EcoProBM Enters Long-Term Supply Contract With Samsung SDI for Cathode Materials
The supply agreement is valid from 2024 to 2028
An accumulated 200,000 tons of cathodes were supplied to Samsung SDI until 2023, EcoPro BM said.
A memorandum envisaged an additional 265,000 tonnes of precursors in 2025–2028, drawing on GEM's QMB Indonesian project. It neither establishes DRC cobalt origin nor actual fulfilment.
EcoProBM Enters Long-Term Supply Contract With Samsung SDI for Cathode Materials
EcoPro BM will additionally purchase 265,000 tons of precursors from GEM
GEM's first-half 2024 contract table reports RMB1.92 billion executed with EcoPro BM for high-nickel NCA/NCM precursors. This reports execution in that period, not the later memorandum's fulfilment.
Crude cobalt hydroxide raw materials