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December 2015
31 December 2015
Price review: No rebound on low-priced offers, despite seasonal supply disturbances.
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24 December 2015
Graphite prices flatten while fluorspar sinks; US TiO2 suppliers announce hikes.
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24 December 2015
IMX spins off Tanzanian graphite asset; Next and Ashburton release test results; European GRAFOL project unveils graphene mass production tool.
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23 December 2015
Supply update: Export enquiries see a significant decline as graphite trading stutters, while production looks set to stall moving into Q1 2016.
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21 December 2015
Confusion and hype still problematic for sector; think realistic rather than sexy, says Haydale.
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21 December 2015
Oil prices sink to $37/bbl in December; additives and electrode demand suffering, but Li-ion and fuel cells beacons of growth.
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21 December 2015
Generation IV reactors offer fresh growth; UK leading nuclear industry development but lessons need to be learned from the past.
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21 December 2015
Country currently lags Scandinavia in mineral exploitation, but several companies are expected to fast-track local projects over the next two-to-three years.
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18 December 2015
Fluorspar and graphite prices expected to remain stable to year end but mineral sands likely to post declines.
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17 December 2015
Sayona strikes visual graphite at East Kimberley; Archer confirms Campoona material suitable for graphene.
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17 December 2015
Price Review: Slowing demand fails to spark price increases, despite tightening graphite supplies.
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11 December 2015
Hype and disappointment have been tough taskmasters for the graphene industry since the material was first isolated 11 years ago, but while the clamour surrounding the sector may have died down, developers are getting close to finding real, if not sensational, applications for the nanocarbon.
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11 December 2015
Gloomy near term outlook for graphite; China’s TiO2 prices fall again.
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10 December 2015
Traditional markets will not lead a recovery in graphite prices before the second half of next year and the emergence of battery demand could be too late to prevent a major market slump.
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10 December 2015
Jien Nickel to help develop Luobei graphite mine; StratMin breaks even; Mozambique calls for better power infrastructure to support graphite projects.
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10 December 2015
The World Bank has recently launched its sixth economic brief on the African country and warns that Zambia faces a power crisis. Zambia’s government has decided to increase the import of expensive emergency power options in 2016. In order for Zambia to weather the storm, the organisation has said that mining companies should help to pay more tariffs for electricity.
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09 December 2015
A new generation of nuclear graphite-requiring reactors could see industry demand for the speciality product grow, though the wait may be long, depending on nuclear energy policies and timeframes for new products
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09 December 2015
With oil prices sinking to $37/barrel this week, synthetic graphite is among the secondary markets feeling the knock-on effects. The Li-ion battery market, meanwhile, remains the focal point for projected demand growth.
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09 December 2015
The UK-based carbon materials business says that both natural and synthetic graphite are uncompetitive for use as recarburisers in the iron and steel industries, however mining companies aiming to monetise fines by selling into this market insist their material will be cost effective.
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08 December 2015
Extracting value from every fraction of graphite produced is essential to ensure the viability of new mines and make them competitive with China.
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07 December 2015
Sources in China have said that the news has sparked little enthusiasm in Northern China as suspicions mount that the extent and grade of the 128.9m-tonne flake graphite discovery could be exaggerated.
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03 December 2015
China discovers country’s largest graphite deposit in Inner Mongolia; Alabama releases positive PEA; Graphitecorp and Hazer float on ASX.
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02 December 2015
The sparsely populated North Atlantic country currently has no active mines, however its Oil and Mineral Strategy 2014-18 aims to bring between at least three into operation by 2018.
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November 2015
30 November 2015
Project cancellations hit company earnings while weak steel production cuts refractories income. The company predicts that 2016 will be another challenging year.
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26 November 2015
Logistics and power grid infrastructure to aid Mozambique graphite project development
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26 November 2015
Metals of Africa announces mineral resource for Montepuex Central project; IMZ releases PFS results for Chilalo; Focus says tests prove Lac Knife flake graphite is superior to available alternatives.
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24 November 2015
Nigeria, like a number of countries in the Middle East, is looking at how it can diversify away from oil and unlocking the minerals sector forms part of this plan. The West African country’s mining sector recently teamed up with members of the Nigerian’s government to discuss this issue at the fourth Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) conference.
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23 November 2015
The African island nation, which has reserves of graphite, gypsum and ilmenite, is expected to pass its revised mining law in the next few months. It is the latest African country to reform its mining legislation in an effort to create an attractive environment for foreign direct investment.
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19 November 2015
Bogala mulls delisting in Sri Lanka; Syrah scoops further sales agreements; Glasgow researchers cut costs of CVD graphene production.
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18 November 2015
The province has a number of issues pertaining to graphite mining licences and the government is attempting to solve these through holding regular meetings which it also hopes will improve the graphite supply chain.
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13 November 2015
Weak demand prevails in fluorspar and graphite while lithium prices continue to rise.
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12 November 2015
Ardiden begins drilling at Manitouwadge; Ashburton acquires controlling stake in Buckingham mine; new deposits discovered in China’s Heilongjiang and Sichuan provinces.
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11 November 2015
Nigeria is the latest African country to declare that it is focusing on its mining sector to encourage investment and create jobs. In order to do this, the West African country’s Export-Import Bank has linked up with the World Bank to revamp Nigeria’s mining sector and diversify its economy away from oil.
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06 November 2015
The companies have been issued with penalties of up to $40,000 for environmental infringements following a government probe. Measures have since been taken by the companies to correct the various violations.
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06 November 2015
Prices for fine flakes are experiencing downward pressure but larger mesh material values are holding firm for now.
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05 November 2015
GrafTech and SGL offer bleak outlooks for carbon materials; Triton ups resource at Nicanda Hill; Angstron Materials pledges to boost graphene production to 1,000 tpa.
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03 November 2015
New graphene products ranging from self-heating clothing to graphene batteries were exhibited at the Grapchina in Qingdao last week, with industry participants predicting that the market is likely to evolve over the next 10 years with different applications accounting for the majority of graphene consumed.
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03 November 2015
Nanshu Graphite Co., which operates the 60 year old Nanshu mine near the east coast Chinese city of Qingdao, finished building its graphene plant last year and is set to become of many in a new carbon materials hub planned for the region.
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03 November 2015
A collaborative effort between Australia’s University of Adelaide and Beijing’s Quinghua University came up with the graphene-based method of filtering water from contaminating ions, scooping a $3m cash prize at the second annual Grapchina event in Qingdao.