Battery materials and technology company Talga has been granted a patent in Japan that builds on its Talnode-C product line, which combines shaping and coating methods as well as purification to make battery anode materials for use in high-power applications such as hybrid vehicles. Japanese Patent No. 7779483, titled “Anode Material and Method for Producing… Read more »
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Northern Graphite and Obeikan to develop battery anode material plant in Saudi Arabia
Canada-based Northern Graphite and Saudi industrial group Obeikan Investment have signed a financing agreement to jointly develop and operate a large-scale battery anode material (BAM) facility in Saudi Arabia through a joint venture company. The $200-million BAM facility will have an initial annual production capacity of 25,000 tonnes. Construction of the facility is expected to… Read more »
Focus Graphite validates graphite flake sizing technology
Canadian mining and battery materials developer Focus Graphite Advanced Materials has developed and validated a new graphite flake size characterization technology, which it has integrated into the geometallurgical model of its Lac Tetepisca Graphite Project in Quebec. The technology enables high-resolution mapping of graphite flake size distribution across a deposit, down to individual geological domains… Read more »
Albany Graphite reports near-theoretical anode performance for its ultra-high-purity graphite
Albany Graphite, a subsidiary of Canadian intellectual property (IP) development and commercialization company Zentek, has reported near-theoretical anode performance in independent lithium-ion battery testing using its ultra-high-purity graphite. In four industry-standard coin cell tests, Albany’s carbon-coated, spheroidized graphite delivered an average reversible capacity of approximately 367 mAh/g, just 1.3% below the theoretical maximum for natural… Read more »
Focus Graphite receives conditional funding for Canadian graphite plant
Canada-based Focus Graphite Advanced Materials, which is developing high-grade flake graphite deposits and lithium-ion battery technology, has been selected by Natural Resources Canada (NRC) under the Global Partnerships Initiative for conditional approval of a $14.06-million plant. The funding will support Focus Graphite’s project, “Transformation of Canadian Flake Graphite into Ultra-High Purity Battery & Advanced Materials… Read more »
Global Battery Materials combines Korean process tech and Canadian natural graphite
Global Battery (GB) Materials has launched as a vertically integrated critical minerals and technology company, created through the strategic combination of South Korea’s SongWoo EM and the Canadian assets of G6 Energy. Backed by strategic and institutional investors, the new company is focused on building and scaling a supply chain outside China for graphite-based battery… Read more »
Vianode begins building large-scale synthetic graphite plant in Canada
Vianode, a Norwegian producer of advanced battery materials, has started site preparation at its new synthetic graphite facility Via TWO in St. Thomas, Ontario. Production is expected to start in 2028. The site is located in the Yarmouth Yards Industrial Park, close to key automotive customers, and offers access to Ontario’s electricity grid and strong… Read more »
Vianode to build synthetic graphite plant in Ontario
Norwegian battery materials developer Vianode has chosen Ontario, Canada, for its first large-scale production facility for low-emission synthetic anode graphite. The project is structured as a phased, multi‑billion‑dollar investment, starting with an initial investment of over C$2 billion ($1.4 billion). Over time, planned expansions will bring total capacity to as much as 150,000 tons annually. Vianode… Read more »
Focus Graphite’s Lac Knife graphite passes battery validation testing
Canadian mining and battery technology developer Focus Graphite Advanced Materials has announced that its Lac Knife graphite anode material has passed Phase I battery validation testing, conducted by Charge CCCV (C4V) and American Energy Technologies. The concurrent US laboratory test programs confirmed that natural graphite from the company’s Lac Knife mine achieved near-theoretical electrochemical capacity… Read more »
Westwater receives US patent for graphite purification technology at Alabama plant
Westwater Resources, an energy technology and critical minerals company focused on developing battery-grade natural graphite, has received a US patent for graphite purification methods. In August 2020, Westwater Resources filed its first patent application for the method of graphite purification to be employed at the Kellyton Graphite Processing Plant under construction in Alabama. Unlike conventional… Read more »