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Asia

South Korean authorities order battery maker to halt operations over deadly blaze

The fire at unlisted battery maker Aricell on Monday was one of the deadliest industrial accidents in recent years. Each year dozens of workers in South Korea lose their lives on the job despite...

Emergency personnel move the body of a person killed in a deadly fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell, in Hwaseong, South Korea, June 24, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji

Asia

Blaze at South Korea lithium battery plant kills 22 workers

Representational image of burning file/Collected

Bangladesh

Chinese national dies in boiler explosion in Gazipur battery factory

Panorama

Illegal battery factories, lead pollution thrive as 'unauthorised' e-rickshaws take over streets

Videos

Technological innovation to replace old batteries

Machines are seen on a battery tray assembly line during a tour at the opening of a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle Battery Factory, marking one of only seven locations producing batteries for their fully electric Mercedes-EQ models, in Woodstock, Alabama, U.S., March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

Analysis

Soaring battery costs fail to cool electric vehicle sales

A Ford all-electric F-150 Lightning truck prototype is seen at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, US September 16, 2021. Photo :Reuters

Global Economy

Ford, SK to invest $11.4 bln to add electric F-150 plant, three battery factories

QuantumScape’s ceramic separator. Photographer: Kelsey McClellan for Bloomberg Green

Tech

Inside the secret battery lab with a $20 billion breakthrough

Bangladesh

59 areas heavily polluted by lead battery recycling

Bangladesh