Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

CATL has committed to a carbon neutrality plan, identifying five ‘key links’ in its value chain to implement emissions reduction measures.

Elcora is developing a vanadium pentoxide plant in Morocco to complement raw materials extraction.

Invinity and BASF have announced the first deployments of their non-lithium battery storage tech in Hungary and Australia respectively.

A fundamental rethink of the supply chain is required, writes Greg Pitt, VP of battery materials at Worley.

Two large-scale battery storage systems which will help power iron ore mining operations in Western Australia have been commissioned.

Australia wants to leverage its position as a mining and minerals hub to capture opportunities in the battery industry.

The government of Queensland seeks input on its battery industry strategy, while an engineering provider has been appointed for a large-scale battery gigafactory in Victoria.

Rio Tinto has announced the latest steps in its plan to deploy 1GW of renewable energy for its operations in Pilbara, Australia.

Japanese petroleum firm Idemitsu has invested in a vanadium mining, processing and electrolyte production project in Australia, while two other major vanadium projects have progressed.