Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

The tight supply/demand situation for graphite electrodes is expected to persist for much longer than many market observers expect. 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.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2021

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. The new acquisition will complement Tirupati’s two primary graphite projects in Madagascar.

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Mozambique Madagascar Batteries Battery 218

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The company Graphex occupies a middle position in the supply chain—it buys raw graphite from mining companies, puts it through several purification and processing steps, then sells it to battery manufacturers. Graphex is a major global producer and distributor of graphite in its various forms. So there’s plenty of absorption there.

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Future Batteries Battery Li-ion 113

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, the pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on the global economy and commodity markets, including cobalt. At this time, the loss of supply from these closures amounted to more than 1% of the total mine supply in 2019. —Gulley et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Mozambique and Madagascar produce 13 and 8.5 percent of the global graphite supply, respectively, while Brazil handles about 6 percent. While Canada and Russia are responsible for about 1 percent a piece, every other nation on the planet represents less than a single percent of the world’s total supply.

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