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Mitsubishi Chemical strengthens production capacity of graphite anode materials in China; possible production in Europe and US

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MCHG has also begun to consider the production and sale of anode materials in European countries and the United States. Syrah; Victoria, Australia), the world’s largest integrated producer of flake graphite with production in Mozambique and integrated active anode material production in USA, and Mineral Commodities Ltd.

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Roskill: graphite prices still rising on high Chinese electricity costs

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The company reported its production in Mozambique as 25kt in Q3, down from 29kt in Q2. Syrah Resources is expected to continue increasing output into Q4, having reported 50kt of natural graphite sales orders in Q3. Total output for 2021 is likely to rival the next-largest ex-China producer, National de Grafite in Brazil.

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ExxonMobil adds 2.7B barrels oil equivalent to reserves; replaces 183% of 2017 production

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Other significant new proved reserve additions were made in Guyana, where the company funded the first phase of development last year, and in Mozambique, associated with the project funding of the Coral FLNG project in the gas-rich deepwater Area 4. billion gross oil-equivalent barrels prior to the 2018 Ranger discovery.

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Syrah Resources successfully produces Li-ion battery grade spherical graphite; market numbers

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Australia-based Syrah Resources has successfully produced uncoated battery grade spherical graphite, using natural flake graphite from its Balama Graphite & Vanadium Project in Mozambique. The International Energy Agency (IEA) 2013 has forecast annual sales of electric vehicles (EVs) of nearly 6 million units by 2020.

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

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Scrap steel was banned from sale to such furnaces in early 2017, becoming available for use in EAFs. 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. Batteries underpin growth in natural graphite.

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Petrobras sells sugar, ethanol and petrochemical assets for US$587 million

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Brazil’s Petrobras closed two asset sales for the total sum of US$587 million. The Petrobras Board of Directors also approved the sale of Companhia Petroquímica de Pernambuco (PetroquímicaSuape) and Companhia Integrada Têxtil de Pernambuco (Citepe) to two subsidiaries of the Mexican company Alpek, for US$385 million.

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ExxonMobil evaluating significant near-term capital and operating expense reductions; COVID-19

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ExxonMobil reported strong performance from its low-cost liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations in Papua New Guinea, and the company continues to work with the governments in Papua New Guinea and Mozambique to advance new projects to support long-term demand growth.