Madagascar, Market and Production

Tirupati Graphite opens second mine in Madagascar at Vatomina Project

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APRIL 26, 2021

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.

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NextSource Materials to collaborate on battery anode plant in Madagascar with Japanese and Chinese partners

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APRIL 20, 2020

executed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with its Japanese offtake partner and a leading Chinese processor of graphite anode material to collaborate on the construction of a value-add, battery anode plant in a jurisdiction that is proximal to the Company’s Molo graphite project in Madagascar. Canada-based NextSource Materials Inc. Mt at 7.02%C.

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Benchmark: flake graphite production in Africa set to overtake China this decade

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AUGUST 7, 2022

Benchmark forecasts Africa to increase its share of global graphite production from 15% in 2021 to 40% in 2026. Graphite mine in Madagascar. In contrast, China is set to fall from 68% to 35%, according to Benchmark’s Flake Graphite Forecast.

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Topsoe launches TITAN steam reforming catalyst series with boosted reliability and efficiency

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The catalysts will be used in processes including the production of ammonia, dimethyl ether, formaldehyde, hydrogen, methanol and syngas. and a hexagonal crystal structure found in high-grade metamorphic rocks on Madagascar. Hibonite is a mineral with a hardness of 7.5–8.0

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

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MAY 18, 2018

The tight supply/demand situation for graphite electrodes is expected to persist for much longer than many market observers expect. First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. Batteries underpin growth in natural graphite.

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Bass Metals to acquire San Jorge lithium brine project in Argentina

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MARCH 29, 2021

Along with Bass’ graphite assets in Madagascar, Bass considers the San Jorge project as a logical addition to its asset base and to its strategy to be an integrated supplier of both anode and cathode materials. Bass has exposure to both.

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Tirupati Graphite to acquire strategic Mozambique graphite projects from Battery Minerals

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AUGUST 21, 2021

Mozambique is well-positioned to take advantage of this market boom, with mining operations already expanding across Cabo Delgado—where the projects are located—as well as Gaza, Manica, Maputo, Nampula, Niassa, Tete and Zambezia. With this background, interest in Tirupati’s products have escalated. Background.

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Roskill: Cobalt demand to grow steadily over the next decade

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

New supply from sizable producers like Katanga Mining, coupled with swing artisanal production, put the market into oversupply. The solid growth in cobalt market was, however, disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic which has impacted the global economy and other commodity markets in an unprecedented way.

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Tesla supplier sheds light on graphite supply challenge for EV battery manufacturers [Editorial]

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are many challenges that EV battery manufacturers might face in the graphite market as electric vehicle demand continues to rise. Verner commented that the graphite market lacks transparency when it comes to pricing, leading bankers to hesitate when it comes to funding new graphite-related projects. Graphite Supply.

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

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

That spherical graphite is a less expensive product than its cousin, where we take the spherical graphite and put it through a secondary process called coating—applying that microscopic layer of asphalt to it. It’s a petroleum product. Will there be that much production online in Canada? Will it match demand? Probably not.

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Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Starting this month, the Chinese government requires permits for certain graphite products being exported. It’s an essential component and China is responsible for about 66 percent of the world’s graphite production. But the region doesn’t just have the market cornered on completed batteries. This effectively makes any U.S.

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

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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. 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 et al.

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

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Electric vehicles represent a $7 trillion market opportunity between today and 2030, and $46 trillion between today and 2050, according to the new report, “ The Cost of Producing Battery Precursors in the DRC ”, launched at the DRC-Africa Business Forum 2021. —Kwasi Ampofo, lead author of the report and BNEF’s head of metals and mining.

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Tirupati Graphite opens second mine in Madagascar at Vatomina Project

NextSource Materials to collaborate on battery anode plant in Madagascar with Japanese and Chinese partners

Benchmark: flake graphite production in Africa set to overtake China this decade

Topsoe launches TITAN steam reforming catalyst series with boosted reliability and efficiency

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

Bass Metals to acquire San Jorge lithium brine project in Argentina

Tirupati Graphite to acquire strategic Mozambique graphite projects from Battery Minerals

Roskill: Cobalt demand to grow steadily over the next decade

Tesla supplier sheds light on graphite supply challenge for EV battery manufacturers [Editorial]

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

Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

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

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

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