article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. The tight supply/demand situation for graphite electrodes is expected to persist for much longer than many market observers expect. Other projects are also planned in Austria, Canada, India, Russia and the US.

Price 207
article thumbnail

Sasol embarking on feasibility study on a US gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana

Green Car Congress

South African energy and chemicals group Sasol today announced that it has chosen the southwestern region of the State of Louisiana as the site for a planned gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility. billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. Earlier post.) Sasol is also exploring GTL opportunities in Uzbekistan.

Louisiana 210