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June 2021
17 June 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday June 17.
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14 June 2021
Canada-based Nouveau Monde plans to recycle its active anode graphite flake while developing its sustainable graphite project, company founder Eric Desaulniers has told Fastmarkets.
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11 June 2021
Madagascar-based graphite producer Etablissements Gallois SA is ramping up its flake graphite production to around 120,000-150,000 tonnes per year by the end of 2021, chief executive officer Richard Song told Fastmarkets.
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10 June 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday June 10.
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09 June 2021
A rise in Covid-19 cases in China’s Guangdong province in recent weeks has led to tighter controls and rigorous testing at the huge Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT), causing extended delays in southern China.
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07 June 2021
Walkabout Resources is preparing to go into graphite flake production in the second quarter of 2022, and is also looking into a potential downstream expandable graphite project, chief executive officer Andrew Cunningham has told Fastmarkets.
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04 June 2021
Graphite industry participants attending a conference held in the Chinese city of Qingdao in May were looking to create a new market place for “fake flake” graphite by improving trading transparency and the yield rate from spherical graphite.
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04 June 2021
Belgian metals and battery materials company Umicore plans to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, it said in a webinar on Wednesday June 2.
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04 June 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday June 3.
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02 June 2021
Graphite and battery anode company Talga Group has concluded two feasibility studies into the technical and commercial prospects of an anode refinery in the United Kingdom, the company said on Monday May 1.
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02 June 2021
South Korean industrial conglomerate Posco has completed a 15% equity investment in emerging graphite miner Black Rock Mining in exchange for $7.5 million, Black Rock said on Tuesday June 1.
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02 June 2021
Nations Technologies signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with South Korea-headquartered Posco Chemical this week to cooperate in the development of anode material used in lithium-ion batteries.
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02 June 2021
The chaos being experienced in the global container shipping industry is expected to continue for some time with a shortage of an estimated four million boxes creating havoc with congestion, routes and freight rates, according to an executive at logistics conglomerate DP World.
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01 June 2021
Industry participants attending the anode conference held in the city of Qingdao, in China’s Shandong province, at the end of May considered ‘green production’ to be the likely trend for spherical graphite production in the near future, amid Beijing’s growing efforts to bring in pollution controls.
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May 2021
27 May 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 27.
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26 May 2021
A summary of China’s refractory raw materials exports for April 2021.
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26 May 2021
Canada-based graphite producer NextSource Materials has signed an offtake agreement with Thyssenkrupp Materials Trading for up to 35,000 tonnes per year of its branded SuperFlake for 10 years from its Molo mine in Madagascar, the miner said on Tuesday May 25.
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24 May 2021
World crude steel production increased year on year but declined month on month in April, with the 64 countries that report to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) producing 169.5 million tonnes of crude steel last month.
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24 May 2021
Automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Co and South Korean energy conglomerate SK Innovation have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture to manufacture battery cells and energy storage arrays for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States, Ford said.
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24 May 2021
Small-flake graphite prices will be firm throughout the third quarter of 2021 due to spherical graphite market expansion amid sound development in the electric vehicle (EV) sector and low inventory, delegates from the supply side told Fastmarkets on the sidelines of an industry conference in Qingdao, China, on May 19-20.
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21 May 2021
A summary of Australian Stock Exchange-listed graphite producer Syrah Resources’ activity in 2020 and outlook for 2021, according to its annual general meeting on Friday May 21.
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20 May 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 20.
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19 May 2021
Awareness and incorporation of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies within the graphite market is slowly developing, with take-up greater downstream - especially in the anode sector - and among developing companies, sources told Fastmarkets.
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18 May 2021
Glencore has well-established recycling activities and is extending its role as a key part of the circular economy, Glencore Recycling’s global commercial lead, Kunal Sinha said.
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17 May 2021
Australia-based graphite miner Syrah Resources has achieved its first fully integrated production of active anode material (AAM) in Vidalia, the United States, the company said on Monday May 17.
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13 May 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 13.
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13 May 2021
Refractory producer Vesuvius will increase the price of refractory products to compensate for increased raw material costs, the company announced in a trading update on May 12.
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12 May 2021
The so-called “Suez Armada” of vessels that were delayed by the unintentional blockage of the Suez Canal has now been processed by the Port of Rotterdam, but the port was still “extremely” busy and there were challenges ahead for the shipping sector, speakers said during the Supply Chain Talks digital event on Wednesday May 5.
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10 May 2021
Consuming markets of commodity raw materials are under pressure yet again from a combination of renewed increases in sea freight costs and overstretched logistics, making delivery schedules unreliable and causing long delays at a time when suppliers are tightening contracting terms to reduce liability.
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10 May 2021
South Star Mining has agreed an offtake agreement for 4,000 tonnes of natural flake for four years from its Santa Cruz Graphite project, the company said on Monday May 10.
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07 May 2021
A summary of ArcelorMittal's financial results for January-March 2021.
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06 May 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 6.
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03 May 2021
Eagle Graphite expects a drive for diversification of graphite supply in North America and Europe to ease its push to finance its flake project in Canada, Jamie Deith, the company's chief executive officer, told Fastmarkets.
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03 May 2021
Brazil-headquartered steelmaker Gerdau has launched a new subsidiary to supply ready-for-use, value-added graphene products and to develop new markets for the carbon allotrope in the Americas region, the company told Fastmarkets on Thursday April 15.