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

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Despite some fallback during the winter months, prices remained above US$15,600/t through February and March 2018. Outokumpu reported in its interim report for Q1 2018 that high graphite electrode costs were still having a negative impact on steelmaking profits in Europe. ROW still far from developing a spherical graphite supply chain.

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Petrobras sells sugar, ethanol and petrochemical assets for US$587 million

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The company has eight industrial units: seven in Brazil, in the state of São Paulo (Andrade, Cruz Alta, São José, Severínia, Mandu, Tanabi and Vertente mills, the last in a joint venture with the Humus Group, which owns 50%) and one in Africa, in Mozambique (Sena mill). billion in the period 2015-2016—below the US$15.1-billion

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Gravita India largest battery recycling firm enters into EV recycling business

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Industrial recycling of lithium-ion batteries is done mainly in the European Union and China. In 2018 the Gravita has signed a contract with Amara Raja Batteries Limited for Lead Acid Battery Scrap Collection and Recycling arrangements. EV batteries are not yet recycled at scale. Gravita India largest battery recycling firm .

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

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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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