Lopal Tech Plans $160 Million Indonesia Cathode Materials Project
Jiangsu Lopal Tech (SHA:603906, HKG:2465) plans to invest $160 million to build a lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, cathode materials project in Indonesia through a controlled subsidiary, according to a Wednesday Hong Kong bourse filing.The Indonesia LBM Phase 3 project will include production lines with an annual capacity of 120,000 tonnes of second- and third-generation LFP cathode materials and is expected to be located in Batang Integrated Industrial Park in Central Java.The investment will be carried out by PT LBM Energi Baru Indonesia Batang, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company's Singapore-based unit LBM New Energy (AP), and is expected to take about 12 months to complete.Shares of the automotive specialty chemicals company were up nearly 1% in Hong Kong.