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Eagle Graphite and University of British Columbia partner on development of silicon-modified anodes

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In 2019, the Government of British Columbia, through the CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization (ARC) program, selected Eagle for a grant of $290,000. Compared to most graphite mining, the Black Crystal graphite quarry operation has a light environmental footprint. The finished graphite is non-toxic and non-reactive.

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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. billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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

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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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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. The International Energy Agency (IEA) 2013 has forecast annual sales of electric vehicles (EVs) of nearly 6 million units by 2020.

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

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Producers of crude steel, stainless steel and ferroalloys have all introduced electrode surcharges to pass on some of the rising costs to their customers. The tight supply/demand situation for graphite electrodes is expected to persist for much longer than many market observers expect.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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We measure access to electricity no better than we do the rate of literacy. Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict.

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Tirupati Graphite to acquire strategic Mozambique graphite projects from Battery Minerals

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Suni Resources holds the Mozambique portfolio of graphite assets of Battery Minerals Limited, which includes the construction-initiated Montepuez Graphite Project and the advanced feasibility study stage Balama Central Graphite Project. million (US$8.9 million) in a cash and shares deal.