Industrial, Mozambique, Production and Resource

Walkabout Resources’ Tanzanian graphite project moves to construction phase

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Australia-based Walkabout Resources, an Africa-focused energy minerals developer, announced that its Tanzania Lindi Jumbo flake graphite project had progressed into the construction phase, with the CRDB-approved Independent Project Manager completing site visits and bulk earthmoving contractor TNR commencing mobilization.

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Syrah Resources completes BFS for expansion of US anode material production

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

Australia-based Syrah Resources has completed a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for expansion of its natural graphite AAM facility in Vidalia, Louisiana, as it continues to execute its strategy of becoming the first vertically integrated producer of natural graphite AAM (advanced anode material) outside of China.

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

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

Australia-based Syrah Resources Limited signed a binding offtake agreement with Tesla to supply natural graphite Active Anode Material (AAM) from its vertically integrated AAM production facility in Vidalia, Louisiana. The Balama graphite operation is a globally significant natural graphite resource.

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Syrah begins production of active anode material in Louisiana – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

Syrah Resources , an industrial minerals and technology company, has become an integrated natural graphite active anode material (AAM) supplier outside China, processing natural graphite from Syrah’s Balama Graphite Operation in Mozambique.

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PetroSA in talks with Mozambique for GTL plant; 70% diesel output

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APRIL 29, 2012

South African state-owned oil company PetroSA is in talks with Mozambique to develop a 40,000 barrels-per-day gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant there. The country’s total recoverable resources are seen at more than 100 trillion cubic feet, industry officials and analysts have said.

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

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

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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Li-ion Mozambique Market Batteries

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

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. The project will build a new plant in Chattanooga to produce 30,000 metric tons per year of graphite targeted at the electric vehicle industry.

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UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The FLNG facility will have a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) nameplate production capacity of 1.2 The penetration of FNLG in Africa, which started in Cameroon and expanded to Angola and Mozambique and now to Senegal, Mauritania and Nigeria, highlights Africa’s commitment to unlocking the full exploitation of its gas resources.

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ExxonMobil seeking to boost growth, continue work on lower-emissions technologies including biofuels and carbon capture

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MAY 30, 2019

During the meeting, Woods highlighted progress on major upstream projects that are expected to help increase production to about 5 million oil-equivalent barrels per day by 2025. Those projects include plans to increase production in the Permian Basin to 1 million oil-equivalent barrels per day by 2024. —Darren Woods.

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Tesla agrees to purchase majority of battery-ready graphite from US facility

Teslarati

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As noted in a Bloomberg report, Melbourne-based Syrah Resources Ltd would be supplying Tesla with graphite anode material for an initial period of four years. Syrah’s Vidalia plant is expected to process graphite from Mozambique , effectively making it the first US-based source of graphite anodes.

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ExxonMobil evaluating significant near-term capital and operating expense reductions; COVID-19

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

Woods the had also outlined progress on key projects that support ExxonMobil’s growth plans, including: In Guyana, the estimated gross recoverable resource from the Stabroek Block increased to more than 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels, in part as a result of six additional discoveries made in 2019 and 2020.

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

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MAY 18, 2018

First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. At the same time, consumption of graphite electrodes in electric arc furnaces (EAFs) began to rise as the Chinese government took steps to halt production of poor quality induction furnace steel.

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Price Market Lithium Ion Batteries

Tesla supplier sheds light on graphite supply challenge for EV battery manufacturers [Editorial]

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The chief executive of Syrah Resources, Shaun Verner, shared a bit about graphite pricing and funding for new projects. Syrah Resources is an Australian company that supplies Tesla from its mine in Mozambique, one of the largest graphite producers. . After China, Brazil and Mozambique are the next largest graphite producers.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Charged recently spoke with Graphex CEO John DeMaio, who gave us an explanation of graphite’s essential function, the current state of the industry, and some trends to watch for the future. It’s a petroleum product. Charged : As you know, supply chains are a hot topic in the industry these days.

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Future Batteries Battery Li-ion

Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Starting this month, the Chinese government requires permits for certain graphite products being exported. It’s an essential component and China is responsible for about 66 percent of the world’s graphite production. & In terms of graphite production, no other nation comes close. Mozambique and Madagascar produce 13 and 8.5

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Chinese Production Batteries Battery

Roskill: Spread of COVID-19 threatens cobalt supply; bottlenecks out of DRC

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APRIL 21, 2020

According to a January 2020 report from the US Geological Survey (USGS), the DRC is the world’s leading source of mined cobalt, supplying approximately 70% of world cobalt mine production. With the exception of production in Morocco and artisanally mined cobalt in DRC, most cobalt is mined as a byproduct of copper or nickel.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF). —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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Walkabout Resources’ Tanzanian graphite project moves to construction phase

Syrah Resources completes BFS for expansion of US anode material production

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

Syrah begins production of active anode material in Louisiana – Charged EVs

PetroSA in talks with Mozambique for GTL plant; 70% diesel output

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

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

UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

ExxonMobil seeking to boost growth, continue work on lower-emissions technologies including biofuels and carbon capture

Tesla agrees to purchase majority of battery-ready graphite from US facility

ExxonMobil evaluating significant near-term capital and operating expense reductions; COVID-19

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

Tesla supplier sheds light on graphite supply challenge for EV battery manufacturers [Editorial]

A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

Roskill: Spread of COVID-19 threatens cobalt supply; bottlenecks out of DRC

BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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