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Graphite News
Eagle Graphite and UBC battery research project gets off the ground
By: Mariaan Webb 4th March 2021 Eagle Graphite, which owns the only natural flake graphite facility in western North America that is permitted for production, has announced its participation in a two-year research programme to develop and commercialise silicon-modified battery anodes made with graphite from its Black Crystal... →
FIRB approves POSCO/Black Rock deal
By: Esmarie Iannucci 4th March 2021 The Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved Korean major POSCO’s $7.5-million investment into ASX-listed Black Rock Mining. Under an agreement struck last year, POSCO would acquire a 15% interest in Black Rock by subscribing for more than 126-million shares in the Australian company,... →
South Africa urged to play to strengths as its plots role in lithium-ion battery value chain 
By: Terence Creamer 3rd March 2021 A newly released study of the potential for developing a lithium-ion battery value chain in South Africa concludes that the country should prioritise minerals beneficiation and mining, as well as battery manufacturing as it seeks to carve out a niche for itself in what is a fast-growing, highly... →
Test mine study under way for Fourth Industrial Revolution try-outs 
By: Martin Creamer 24th February 2021 A feasibility study is under way on a mine selected for the testing of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies ahead of their implementation, Minerals Council South Africa senior executive modernisation and safety Sietse van der Woude said on Wednesday. Van der Woude was answering... →
Task team developing Canadian critical minerals inventory
By: Creamer Media Reporter 23rd February 2021 A federal-provincial-territorial task team has been established to develop a Canadian critical minerals inventory, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan said on Monday. The inventory would be used to build an integrated, all-Canadian critical minerals and battery value chain. →
Tirupati on a drive to start manufacturing battery-grade spherical graphite
By: Marleny Arnoldi 22nd February 2021 London-listed Tirupati Graphite has successfully completed trials and tests for the manufacture of battery-grade spherical graphite (SPG), which is used in the anode of lithium-ion batteries. The company worked with a German manufacturer of spheroidisation and micronisation equipment, achieving... →
Balama readies for restart
By: Esmarie Iannucci 22nd February 2021 A decision has been taken to restart production at the Balama graphite project, in Mozambique. ASX-listed Syrah Resources in March last year temporarily suspended production at Balama as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the project impacted by travel restrictions and weak end-user demand. →
Tirupati starts second stage drilling at Madagascar projects
By: Marleny Arnoldi 18th February 2021 London-listed Tirupati Graphite has started with Stage 2 of a drilling and exploration programme across its flake graphite projects in Madagascar. The company also announces that consultancy SRK Mining Services, based in India, has been appointed to oversee the Stage 2 programme and upgrade the... →
Graphite developer mulls Nasdaq or NYSE listing
By: Mariaan Webb 16th February 2021 Canadian graphite developer Nouveau Monde on Tuesday announced that it was considering listing the company’s shares on the NYSE or the Nasdaq stock market, further enhancing its presence in the US. Nouveau Monde, which is developing battery anode materials in Quebec, has retained Evercore as its... →
Renascor's Siviour project gets re-classified
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th February 2021 The South Australian government has confirmed the Siviour graphite mine’s re-classification as a “new mine”, meaning owner Renascor Resources would be able to reduce the royalty rate of the project to 2% of the net value of the minerals recovered through to June 2026. The new royalty rate was... →
EcoGraf raises A$54.6m for WA plant
By: Esmarie Iannucci 12th February 2021 ASX-listed EcoGraf will raise A$54.6-million through a share placement to institutional, sophisticated and professional investors to fund the Phase 1 construction of its commercial-scale battery anode material purification facility, in Western Australia. The company told shareholders that it... →
Black Rock and POSCO ink paperwork
By: Esmarie Iannucci 11th February 2021 Korean major POSCO and ASX-listed Black Rock Mining have completed the paperwork for POSCO’s $7.5-million investment, inking a subscription and umbrella agreement. Shareholders of Black Rock mining are expected to meet within the coming weeks to vote Black Rock’s plans to issue more than... →
Vision Blue helping world to achieve green dream with high-return prospects for investors
By: Martin Creamer 10th February 2021 The world’s energy transition away from fossil fuels is a phenomenon that is not dependent on any assumptions about gross domestic product (GDP) growth or countries urbanising or industrialising. It is a phenomenon driven by international consensus that the carbon footprint of the world has to be... →
New certification opens doors for Tirupati Graphite
By: Simone Liedtke 10th February 2021 Specialist graphite producer and graphene developer Tirupati Graphite’s group company Tirupati Speciality Graphite (TSG) has been accorded the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) certification for its range of expandable graphite products for marketing and... →
Green light for Pallinghurst-backed Nouveau Monde's Canada graphite mine
By: Mariaan Webb 10th February 2021 The Quebec government has issued a Ministerial environmental decree authorising project developer Nouveau Monde to build what is set to become the Western world’s largest graphite mine. The environmental decree authorises the Matawinie mine to produce 100 000 t/y of graphite material. Nouveau... →
Nouveau Monde chairperson Arne Frandsen
Battery minerals demand surge to dwarf anything industry has seen before – Davis
By: Mariaan Webb 10th February 2021 Mining heavyweight Mick Davis, whose Vision Blue has raised $60-million to invest in battery metal assets, believes the world is on the cusp of an unprecedented surge in demand for certain commodities and that an immediate supply-side response is required from the industry. “The impact of... →
Mick Davis backs Madagascar graphite mine development
By: Mariaan Webb 8th February 2021 An investment firm led by former Xstrata CEO Sir Mick Davis has thrown its weight behind the Molo graphite development in Madagascar. Vision Blue, the firm that Davis found in December 2020 to invest in battery and technology minerals, has selected Molo as its flagship graphite asset, agreeing... →
Tirupati upscaling Vatomina’s capacity to meet increased market demand
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 8th February 2021 In response to continued increased demand for its high-quality flake graphite, specialist graphite producer Tirupati Graphite will increase the capacity of the first module at its Vatomina project, in Madagascar, by 50% to about 9 000 t/y, which will result in an increase in near-term cash flows... →
Volt looks at European graphite
By: Esmarie Iannucci 5th February 2021 Junior Volt Resources has signed a term sheet to potentially acquire a 70% interest in the Zavalievsky graphite business, in the Ukraine. Zavalievsky is a long life graphite operation that has been operational for 87 years, and currently produces around 250 000 t/y of crushed granite for road... →
Lac Rainy proves positive
By: Esmarie Iannucci 3rd February 2021 A scoping study into the Lac Rainy graphite project, in Quebec, has estimated that the project could produce some 96 000 t/y of graphite concentrate over a mine life of 14 years. ASX-listed Metals Australia on Wednesday reported that the project would require an initial capital investment of... →
‘We need exploration to grow our industry’ – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 1st February 2021 “We need exploration to grow our industry,” Minerals Council South Africa president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Monday during a virtual State of the Mining Nation media briefing in which he described exploration as one of the low-hanging fruits that could change South Africa’s economic trajectory in... →
Syrah raising closes oversubscribed
By: Esmarie Iannucci 28th January 2021 ASX-listed Syrah Resources on Thursday announced that it would enlarge the take of its recently completed share purchase plan (SPP), after overwhelming support from shareholders. The SPP target had initially been set at A$12-million, however, Syrah on Thursday said that the company had received... →
Nouveau Monde to start spherical purified graphite production in 2022
By: Donna Slater 27th January 2021 TSX-listed battery materials developer Nouveau Monde Graphite is advancing with the development of its portfolio of coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG) to meet the demand from battery manufacturers seeking Canada-sourced and environmentally friendly materials. To do this, the company is... →
Lion moves closer to restarting graphite production in Madagascar
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 26th January 2021 Mineral exploration and development company Global Li-Ion Graphite (Lion) is moving closer to restarting graphite production in Madagascar, where it owns the Ambato-Arana project. The Vancouver-based company said this week that it aimed to restart graphite production during the course of 2021. →
Syrah eyes Balama restart
By: Esmarie Iannucci 21st January 2021 ASX-listed Syrah Resources on Thursday said that it was assessing the potential restart of its Balama graphite project, in Mozambique, and would take into consideration travel restrictions and an improved natural graphite market balance. Syrah in March of last year suspended production at Balama... →
Tirupati appoints adviser to support research centre development
By: Donna Slater 20th January 2021 Graphite producer and graphene developer Tirupati Graphite has appointed Dr Matthieu Gresil as adviser and consultant to the company for market research and development of graphene products, as well as to support the development of its Tirupati Graphene and Mintech Research Centre (TGMRC), in... →
MRC adds to Norwegian footprint
By: Esmarie Iannucci 19th January 2021 ASX-listed Mineral Commodities has secured two additional graphite prospects near its existing Skaland graphite mining operations, in Norway. The company on Tuesday reported that it had entered into a landowner agreement to explore the Hesten and Vardfjellet graphite prospects, which are some... →
POSCO moving ahead with Mahenge investment
By: Esmarie Iannucci 18th January 2021 Korean major POSCO has completed its final internal approval process for a $7.5-million investment in ASX-listed graphite developer Black Rock Mining. The two companies in December last year struck an agreement under which POSCO would acquire a 15% interest in the Tanzania-focused Black Rock... →
Nouveau Monde to raise $20m
By: Creamer Media Reporter 14th January 2021 TSX-V-listed Nouveau Monde Graphite has announced plans to raise C$20-million to advance its Becancour value-added graphite project and the Matawinie mine project, in Canada. The company will raise C$15-million from BMO Capital, which has agreed to buy on a bought-deal basis 10 345 000 shares at... →
Armadale Mahenge graphite suitable for lithium-ion batteries, CSIRO confirms
By: Marleny Arnoldi 11th January 2021 The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has confirmed the suitability of natural flake graphite from Aim-listed Armadale Capital’s Mahenge graphite project, in Tanzania, to be used in lithium-ion batteries. The company has been collaborating with... →
Blast at Chinese recycler shows battery supply chain risks
By: Bloomberg 8th January 2021 China’s biggest battery manufacturer has urged units to focus on safety issues after an explosion at a recycling affiliate, which has drawn attention to the risks in the industry’s supply chain. While the cause of the blast at a Hunan Brunp Recycling Technology Co. factory in Hunan province is... →
Graphite output to bounce back by 2024 after 2020 dip
By: Marleny Arnoldi 7th January 2021 Natural graphite production is expected to increase by 7.6% to 1.02-million tonnes this year, following a 15.4% year-on-year decrease to 952 600 t in 2020, reports analytics company GlobalData. It notes that graphite production had experienced a downturn in 2020 owing to mines being placed either... →
Nouveau Monde expects govt authorisation for Québec project in first quarter
By: Simone Liedtke 5th January 2021 TSX-V-listed Nouveau Monde Graphite expects to obtain governmental authorisation for its Matawinie graphite project, in Québec, early in the first quarter of this year, thereby enabling the construction of its commercial facilities. The company also expects to complete the construction and... →
Tirupati on track to commission second Madagascan graphite project in second quarter
By: Marleny Arnoldi 4th January 2021 London-listed specialist graphite producer and graphene developer Tirupati Graphite says its Vatomina project, in Madagascar, is on track to be commissioned during the second quarter of the year. The company will build up production capacity to 6 000 t/y from this project, which, combined with... →
Talga raises cash for Swedish pilot plant
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th December 2020 ASX-listed Talga will raise A$25-million to accelerate its Vittangi anode project, in Sweden. The company on Tuesday announced that it would place some 17.24-million shares, at A$1.45 a share to institutional and professional investors under its existing placement capacity. →
Tirupati's shares start trading on the LSE; company obtains LSE Green Economy Mark
By: Creamer Media Reporter 14th December 2020 The ordinary shares of integrated graphite and graphene producer Tirupati Graphite started trading on the LSE on December 14. “With this milestone reached, we have a very exciting opportunity to continue to expand our primary mining and processing operations in Madagascar and downstream value-add... →
Syrah hopes to raise significant cash
By: Esmarie Iannucci 11th December 2020 ASX-listed Syrah Resources will raise A$112-million through a fully underwritten share placement and a convertible note deed. The company on Friday revealed that it will undertake a fully underwritten placement to professional and sophisticated investors, with some 62.2-million new shares being... →
Steps South Africa needs to take to attract global exploration investment
By: Martin Creamer 10th December 2020 Countries wanting to attract exploration investment need readily available geophysics data to offer to prospective investors. “Geophysics is now key to the exploration industry, particularly for metalliferous-type deposits, which have the largest value,” Exploration Geological Consultancy MD... →
Exploration Geological Consultancy MD Regina Molloy
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