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September 2021
24 September 2021
A summary of China’s refractory raw materials exports in August 2021.
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23 September 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday September 23.
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22 September 2021
A lack of container availability will restrict Syrah Resources’ flake graphite exports in the third quarter of this year to 17,000 tonnes from a planned total of 29,000 tonnes, the company said.
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17 September 2021
Producers of natural and synthetic graphite are vying to improve their material for consumption in the rapidly developing anode sector, market participants said.
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16 September 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday September 16.
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15 September 2021
Australia-based Mineral Commodities (MRC) has successfully achieved battery-grade purities of 99.98% and 99.99% C for spherical graphite derived from graphite concentrates sourced from the company’s Skaland and Munglinup projects, it has announced.
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13 September 2021
Posco Chemical acquired a 13% stake in Qingdao Zhongshuo New Energy Technology for 4.9 billion South Korean won ($4.2 million) late in the week ended Friday September 10, to secure the stable supply of spherical graphite that it needs to produce anode materials, according to sources.
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10 September 2021
Export prices for China’s large flake graphite have increased because of supply tightness and higher demand ahead of the winter suspension in Heilongjiang, the major production hub of flake graphite, sources told Fastmarkets.
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09 September 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday September 9.
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06 September 2021
Tirupati Graphite has commissioned the Vatomina flake graphite plant in Madagascar, with capacity for 9,000 tonnes per year at full operational rate, the company said on Monday September 6.
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03 September 2021
Anode industry participants in China were seeing a trend toward integrated synthetic graphite operations among major anode producers while there were energy restrictions in Inner Mongolia. Meanwhile, consumption of natural graphite was expected to be boosted because of its smaller carbon footprint, sources told Fastmarkets in the week to Friday September 3.
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03 September 2021
Fastmarkets has changed the title and specifications of its graphite amorphous price assessment.
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02 September 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday September 2.
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01 September 2021
South Star Battery Metals has successful produced lithium-ion battery-grade anode material and initially cycle-tested material from its Santa Cruz graphite project in Brazil, the company said on Monday August 30.
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01 September 2021
BTR New Material will set up a new anode material operation in China in a joint venture with Fuan Holding Group to meet growing demand from the downstream lithium-ion battery sector, the Chinese battery raw material producer said on Wednesday September 1.
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01 September 2021
Canada-based Nouveau Monde Graphite has been admitted as an active member of the Global Battery Alliance (GBA), an initiative of the World Economic Forum striving to advance climate action via the sustainable development of the battery ecosystem, according to Nouveau Monde’s announcement on Tuesday August 31.
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August 2021
27 August 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday August 26.
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26 August 2021
A summary of China’s refractory raw materials exports for July.
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25 August 2021
A summary of the financial and performance results for China’s battery raw materials producer BTR New Material Group (BTR) for the first half of 2021, taken from its financial report published on Tuesday August 24.
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24 August 2021
China’s amorphous graphite price has widened downward over the past month on mixed market sentiment brought about by slow downstream demand in China but stronger demand in seaborne markets, although this was interrupted by global logistics issues, according to market sources.
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19 August 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday August 19.
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18 August 2021
UK-listed Tirupati Graphite has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Suni Resources, a subsidiary of Battery Minerals with a graphite mining project in Mozambique, Tirupati announced on Tuesday August 17.
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12 August 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday August 12.
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10 August 2021
The persistent logistics disruptions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic have forced traders and buyers to rearrange their supply chains, and to change packaging and delivery destinations, while the continuing container crisis has pushed the US freight regulator to investigate the situation.
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05 August 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday August 5.