You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. A New Zealand-based startup is using woodchips to make synthetic graphite that can be used in EV ...

Why it matters: Graphite is the largest component in lithium-ion batteries by weight. Accounting for losses during the manufacturing process, it takes over 30 times more graphite than lithium to make ...

Norway’s Vianode AS will spend C$3.2 billion ($2.3 billion) to build a new synthetic graphite factory in Canada’s most populous province, the first of its kind in North America. The Ontario government ...

The conventional synthetic graphite approach, named for inventor Edward Goodrich Acheson in the 1890s, relies mostly on extreme heat. In an iron crucible, batches of silica or quartz sand are combined ...

American graphite producers are petitioning for up to 920% tariffs on Chinese graphite imports, citing unfair trade practices. Experts warn that these tariffs could more than double the cost of EV ...

Triton Minerals Ltd. engages in the acquisition, exploration and development of areas that are highly prospective for gold, ...

Battery metals like graphite are becoming increasingly important for their role in battery technologies. Both synthetic and natural graphite, in the form of spherical graphite, are currently used in ...

A New Zealand startup is using wood to make synthetic graphite for EV batteries. CarbonScape uses leftover woodchips from timber making to produce batteries. Western nations are seeking alternatives ...