article thumbnail

Tirupati Graphite opens second mine in Madagascar at Vatomina Project

Green Car Congress

Tirupati Graphite plc, a fully integrated specialist graphite producer and graphene developer with operations in Madagascar and India, has opened its second mine in Madagascar at the Vatomina Project, where it remains on track to start commissioning the first 9,000 tpa processing plant in Q2 2021.

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. Roskill forecasts that global sales of EVs and hybrid vehicles will increase rapidly in the coming years and could account for 69% of all motor vehicle sales by 2027.

Price 207
article thumbnail

Roskill: Cobalt demand to grow steadily over the next decade

Green Car Congress

Largely benefitting from its stability, hardness, anti-corrosion and high-temperature resistance characteristics, cobalt metal and its compounds are widely used in many industries important to the modern society, such as various battery applications, aerospace, and energy. Aviation has been one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic.

article thumbnail

Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

The Truth About Cars

Mozambique and Madagascar produce 13 and 8.5 percent of the global graphite supply, respectively, while Brazil handles about 6 percent. China is also responsible for controlling the raw materials needed to construct them in the first place.& & In terms of graphite production, no other nation comes close.

Chinese 115
article thumbnail

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

Charged EVs

Graphex is a major global producer and distributor of graphite in its various forms. 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. What exactly does graphite do in the anode?

Future 113
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, the pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on the global economy and commodity markets, including cobalt. Roskill expects the cobalt market to face more severe supply disruption should the prevention and control measures be further extended on a global scale. Gulley, Erin A.

Supplies 307
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

If they have local demand for batteries cell manufacturers will move to the region to be close to their customers, particularly in the automotive industry. We are only at the beginning of the path to achieving net-zero emissions globally. —Ashish Sethia, global head of commodities at BNEF.

Africa 221