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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. China remains the center of the graphite industry. In the electrode industry, China is on the brink of a rapid shift to EAF steel production.

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

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However, the use of silicon is limited by its tendency to expand significantly during charge and discharge, so graphite is expected to remain the main anode material for the foreseeable future. The company manufactures 10,000 metric tonnes per year of purified spherical graphite for EV battery anodes. John DeMaio: The latter.

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Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

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China has reportedly decided to place restrictions on exports of graphite, which could spell trouble for American EV manufacturers. Mozambique and Madagascar produce 13 and 8.5 It's a wake-up call as to where the supply-demand mismatch is for a very key, critical element in battery manufacturing." And what’s the point of U.S.

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

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Roskill has so far recorded the closure of 21 operations as a result of the outbreak, including: Vale’s Voisey’s Bay and Glencore’s Sudbury in Canada; Ambatovy in Madagascar; Coral Bay and Taganito in the Philippines; CTT in Morocco.

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