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January 2018
31 January 2018
New market entrant Syrah Resources forecast a macro change in graphite global supply in the coming years, with battery and EV end markets leading China to become a net importer of the mineral.
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30 January 2018
The company reiterated its goal of expanding sales into China, following the shipment of its first 3,000 tonnes of graphite.
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30 January 2018
Operations in Sproul and Oak Hill will be gradually wound down prior to closing later this year, while the producer focuses on the new monolithics plant.
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26 January 2018
The local government of China’s Gansu province will suspend approvals of new non-metallic mineral projects, including those involving graphite, to ease its overcapacity problem, it said.
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26 January 2018
The industry welcomed announcements that duties will be imposed on imported magnesia, graphite and chromite from non-EU countries.
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22 January 2018
A brief roundup of notable activity in the graphite industry, with news from Kibaran Resources, Nouveau Monde Graphite, NextSource Materials and Great Lakes Graphite.
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22 January 2018
Russian graphite and carbon products producer Energoprom Group will supply up to 70% of Rusal’s coal-graphite raw materials until 2022.
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19 January 2018
Prices for +mesh sizes high-purity flake graphite on the European market have surged in Q1 and H1 contracts, but some suppliers are keen not to commit long-term amid continuing price volatility.
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17 January 2018
Stefan Borgas’s tenure will focus on setting a global refractory industry agenda, creating a collection of improved sector data and working to ease the raw materials shortage situation.
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04 January 2018
Total export volumes declined while turnover increased due to low demand in Germany and Japan, but were partially offset by strong buying activity in the US.