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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. This US-owned and operated manufacturing plant in northern Alabama will be the first of its size in North America. Earlier post.)

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Syrah Resources signs binding offtake agreement with Tesla for natural graphite active anode material

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Vidalia battery anode material project site. The Vidalia battery anode material plant will process natural graphite concentrate shipped in from Syrah’s Balama mine in Mozambique. Balama mine operation in Mozambique. The product mix includes jumbo, large and medium flake for industrial applications and fines.

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Walkabout Resources’ Tanzanian graphite project moves to construction phase

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The licences are within the highly prospective Mozambique belt, a region that hosts some of the world’s highest grade, coarse flake graphite deposits. Roskill notes that Lindi Jumbo is one of a number of Australian-backed flake graphite projects worldwide, many of which are focused on Africa.

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Syrah Resources successfully produces Li-ion battery grade spherical graphite; market numbers

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Australia-based Syrah Resources has successfully produced uncoated battery grade spherical graphite, using natural flake graphite from its Balama Graphite & Vanadium Project in Mozambique. Industrial Minerals estimates that it takes 2.5 tonnes of flake graphite on average to make one tonne of spherical graphite.

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Syrah Resources completes BFS for expansion of US anode material production

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The BFS confirms that 10ktpa of AAM production can be achieved via expansion of the existing plant and infrastructure within Syrah’s existing 25-acre industrial site. Syrah’s Vidalia facility can produce 5,000 metric tonnes per annum (5ktpa) of unpurified spherical graphite and 0.2ktpa of purified spherical graphite to battery specification.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. Meanwhile, needle coke is being increasingly diverted into the battery market. Batteries underpin growth in natural graphite. Rising flake graphite prices spur new development outside of China.

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Gravita India largest battery recycling firm enters into EV recycling business

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Gravita India largest battery recycling firm enters into EV recycling business. With the rapid growth of battery electric vehicles, battery recycling is also an important aspect of the electric vehicles revolution. EV batteries are not yet recycled at scale. The EV battery recycling market is still in its early stage.

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