Cabot Chosen for $50M Award Negotiation to Aid Battery Supply Chain

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) recently announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (“DOE”) Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains has selected it for an award negotiation for up to $50 million. This award, which is part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help Cabot develop a new manufacturing facility in the United States to make battery-grade carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and conductive additive dispersions on a commercial scale.

These minerals are crucial to the domestic lithium-ion battery supply chain for electric cars (EVs) and the electrical grid, reducing reliance on imports. The DOE funding will cover approximately 30% of the project’s entire anticipated investment of $181 million. Cabot intends to revitalize, retrofit and restore a former automotive site in Wayne County, MI, to become the United States’ first production facility for battery-grade CNTs and conductive additive dispersions.

Cabot has teamed up with the North American Building Trades Union, the International Chemical Workers Union Council and the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council to support this project, which is expected …

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