Albany Graphite (AGC), a subsidiary of Zentek, an intellectual property technology development and commercialization company, has been awarded a grant of $500,000 from the Ontario Government’s Critical Minerals Innovation Fund (CMIF) for its graphite purification and anode material development project. Albany Graphite will contribute $314,500 to the project and is also collaborating with NRCan CanmetENERGY’s… Read more »
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International Graphite to build graphite plant in Germany
Australian mining firm International Graphite has partnered with Arctic Graphite, a subsidiary of Norwegian construction giant Leonhard Nilsen & Sonner (LNS), and Graphite Investment Partners (GIP) to establish a new expandable graphite production facility in Germany. The new plant is scheduled to start operations in 2027, and is expected to produce around 3,000 tons annually…. Read more »
NextSource, Mitsubishi Chemical to supply graphite anode material to North American EV market
Canada-based NextSource Materials and Mitsubishi Chemical, Japan’s largest chemical company and a supplier of anode active material (AAM), have entered a binding offtake agreement to supply a major OEM for the North American EV market. NextSource will produce and supply 9,000 tons of its intermediate SuperFlake AAM annually to Mitsubishi Chemical’s Japan plant where it… Read more »
CarbonScape pioneers a process to produce graphite locally from forestry byproducts
Cracking the carbon code Graphite, a crystalline form of carbon, is a critical ingredient in EV battery anodes, but it comes with some baggage. Most graphite is made from fossil fuels, and what’s worse, the vast majority of it comes from China, and establishing reliable sources of supply elsewhere is a long and complicated process…. Read more »
Focus Graphite ships battery-grade samples to prospective US offtake partners
Canadian developer Focus Graphite Advanced Materials has shipped two battery-grade samples to prospective offtake partners in the US for evaluation. Focus worked in collaboration with American Energy Technologies (AETC), a US-based graphite processing and R&D firm, to produce two high-purity graphite materials sourced from its Lac Knife deposit for lithium-ion battery applications. Its spherical coated… Read more »
Titan builds graphite processing facility in New York
Titan Mining, which produces zinc concentrate at its Empire State Mine located in New York state, has started construction of its fully permitted commercial demonstration facility to produce natural flake graphite at the site. The fully permitted facility leverages the site’s zinc mill and infrastructure. Engineering work is complete, and procurement is underway. The facility… Read more »
How the transition from graphite to silicon-anode batteries will revolutionize the EV industry
Q&A with Group 14’s CEO As EV makers continue to grapple with the challenges of using traditional lithium-ion batteries, including alleviating concerns about range anxiety, safety and raw material sourcing, battery material manufacturers are exploring alternative chemistries. There has been talk about using silicon anodes to replace graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries for several years…. Read more »
NOVONIX finalizes Chattanooga land deal for second synthetic graphite facility
Battery materials and technology company NOVONIX has executed a definitive agreement to purchase a 182-acre parcel of land for $5 million in the Enterprise South Industrial Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee for its second facility to produce synthetic graphite. The new facility is expected to reach an initial annual production capacity of 31,500 tonnes. Alongside NOVONIX’s… Read more »
South Star Battery Metals and University of Alabama agree to develop graphite anode materials
Canadian project developer South Star Battery Metals has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa on behalf of its Alabama Mobility and Power Center (AMP) to develop a partnership to support a battery anode materials program in the US. The project would encompass research and development, pilot demonstration, commercial… Read more »
Vianode eligible for $300-million loan for North American synthetic graphite plant
Graphite anode battery materials company Vianode has received a letter of interest (LOI) from Euler Hermes, the export credit agency acting for the German government, indicating that is eligible in principle for a loan guarantee of up to $300 million for its planned large-scale synthetic graphite plant in North America. Vianode’s North American facility is… Read more »