 American Battery Technology Company OTCQB:ABML ABTC said it will receive funding to expand the US manufacturing of battery-grade lithium hydroxide for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, with a focus on domestic materials processing and components currently imported from other countries. ABTC said that along with grant partners DuPont NYSE:DD Water Solutions, University of Nevada, Reno, and Argonne National Laboratory it was awarded US57 million from the US Department of Energy DOE to design and operate a 115 million commercial-scale facility. 