January 25, 2023

EU urges European banks to step up funding for critical minerals

The EU is due to unveil its Critical Raw Materials Act on March 8 to secure the bloc's supply of critical raw materials.

January 11, 2023

Nouveau Monde Graphite issues positive PEA for Uatnan project

The proposed Uatnan project is currently one of the largest projected natural graphite mines in the world.

January 8, 2023

Scientists one step closer to turning coal into graphite

A team at Ohio University carried out a series of simulations showing how coal can be converted to valuable—and carbon-neutral—materials.

December 29, 2022

South Star targets Dec. 2023 start for Brazil graphite mine

Production is to begin in an $8 million first phase at a rate of 5,000 tonnes of concentrate per year from an open pit.

December 28, 2022

How to give new life to lithium-ion anodes

Researchers have figured out how to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from an anode in just a few seconds.

December 22, 2022

Electra Battery Materials launches demonstration plant in Temiskaming Shores

Electra claims it will process up to 75 tonnes of black mass material in batches mode using its proprietary hydrometallurgical process in the demonstration plant.

December 9, 2022

Researchers create thick graphite films for clean energy technologies

Korean researchers are proposing a strategy to synthesize single-crystalline graphite films orders of magnitude large, up to inch scale.

December 1, 2022

A roadmap to US domestic graphite production

Graphex Technologies has a self-contained graphite processing ecosystem in China and has bought a plant to process the metal in Michigan.

November 30, 2022

EV battery cathode costs spike as lithium price sets fresh record

Relentless rise of lithium prices and recent bounce in cobalt and nickel put pressure on electric vehicle manufacturers.

November 25, 2022

First graphite facility opens in Western Australia  

International Graphite’s Collie operation is part of push for new production facilities to meet escalating demand for raw materials to support decarbonisation of transport and energy storage.