Panelists at IM’s Graphite 2011 conference in London, UK, have cautioned that emerging producers are relying too heavily on a boom in demand for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and other high-tech uses to justify investments into new capacity, saying traditional uses are still attractive markets.
In a panel session today, Stephen Riddle of Asbury Graphite Mills Inc. put questions to Mark Muzzin of Strategic Energy Resources; Don Baxter of Northern Graphite; Julian Norley of GrafTech International Holdings; and Colin Cooper of Graphexel...