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Eagle Graphite and University of British Columbia partner on development of silicon-modified anodes

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The supply of flake graphite is concentrated primarily in China and Mozambique, with Brazil, North Korea, Canada and India accounting for nearly all of the remainder of production. Water is recycled to minimize net consumption and eliminate discharge requirements.

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MIT team finds lead levels higher in Indian Ocean than northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans

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Today, 185 countries have stopped using leaded gasoline; six others, including Afghanistan, Iraq and North Korea, plan to phase it out in the next two years. Boyle and his students began collecting water and coral samples from the Indian Ocean three years ago. It’s a bit of a puzzle that we’re working on,” Boyle says.

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