The global supply of graphite, a critical component of Li-ion battery anodes, could soon represent a major bottleneck for EV production. Supply chain experts have been sounding alarms about graphite for some time. Some months ago, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence was already reporting that “the potential graphite supply crunch is arguably one of the most acute… Read more »
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NOVONIX secures $100-million grant from DOE to increase synthetic graphite production
NOVONIX, a battery materials and technology company, has received a $100-million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to increase production of synthetic graphite anodes at its Riverside site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The DOE grant will help build and commission equipment to generate 20,000 tons annually from Riverside. The company believes its cash position, customer… Read more »
DoD to award $37.5 million to Graphite One for graphite mining and processing in Alaska
Using funds appropriated by the Inflation Reduction Act, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy will award US mining company Graphite One $37.5 million to support development of a graphite supply chain solution based at the company’s Graphite Creek deposit on the Seward Peninsula about 37 miles north of Nome…. Read more »
Westwater Resources is building a facility in Alabama to process one of the largest graphite deposits in the US
Q&A with Jon Jacobs of Westwater Resources Everyone in the EV industry is talking about the IRA and the BIL, two sets of federal regulations that include strong incentives for automakers to establish domestic supply chains for EV raw materials and components. Not everyone is happy about the requirements, and there are a number of… Read more »
NOVONIX and LG Energy Solution partner to produce artificial graphite anode materials for EV batteries
NOVONIX, a battery materials firm, and LG Energy Solution, a battery manufacturer, have announced a partnership to produce artificial graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries. NOVONIX also agreed to issue $30 million in unsecured convertible notes to LG Energy Solution. LG Energy Solution and NOVONIX will engage in a separate purchase agreement when specific development… Read more »
Anovion to invest $800 million in new US graphite anode materials manufacturing facility
Advanced materials company Anovion Technologies has selected Decatur County in Southwest Georgia as the location of its new manufacturing facility for the production of synthetic graphite anode materials. The Decatur County facility is expected to produce 40,000 metric tonnes of synthetic graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries per year, according to the company. It will… Read more »
Public-private research project to develop US graphite supply for EVs
Ramaco Carbon, a carbon technology business, is working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to create “made in America” large-scale graphite-making technologies from coal. A fossil energy and carbon management program field work proposal supported by Ramaco Carbon and ORNL aims to take a bench-scale ORNL process to the commercial scale in two years. Ramaco… Read more »
LithTech launches novel raw material extraction technology for lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper and graphite
LithTech, an Australian firm, has announced its 2023 capital raising drive to enhance its magnesium separation process, which increases the brine extraction of essential raw elements, including nickel, lithium, cobalt, copper and natural graphite, used in EV batteries. After lab-scale testing, the Dow Centre at the University of Queensland has provided financial and technical support,… Read more »
Public-private research project to develop US graphite supply for EVs
Ramaco Carbon, a carbon technology business, is working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to create “made in America” large-scale graphite-making technologies from coal. A fossil energy and carbon management program field work proposal supported by Ramaco Carbon and ORNL aims to take a bench-scale ORNL process to commercial scale in two years. Ramaco will… Read more »
Ceylon Graphite’s spheroidized vein graphite anode shows strong performance in full-cell testing
Ceylon Graphite has completed full-cell testing using spheroidized vein graphite materials in commercial-size pouch cells, and the company says the results meet OEM specifications. Ceylon Graphite says that in 2021-2023 testing, its Sri Lankan vein graphite anodes outperformed industry-standard commercial synthetic graphite and had outstanding repeatability. They attained 161 mAh/g discharge capacity, compared to the… Read more »