UK-based Watercycle Technologies and precious metal recovery specialist RSBruce Metals & Machinery have extracted commercial-grade lithium and almost 100% pure graphite from spent electric vehicle (EV) batteries, they announced on May 2

NextSource Materials is increasing output from its newly commissioned Molo graphite mine in Madagascar to meet demand from the refractories sector and as part of its downstream expansion into the anode market

The graphite industry is expected to face ongoing challenges due to supply demand imbalances, according to industry experts

Tirupati has added the Suni Resources graphite project in Mozambique to its existing graphite flake and downstream businesses in Mozambique and India, the UK-based company said on Monday April 3

The expected explosive growth in the use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) means that the recycling of battery raw materials will become increasingly important both economically and environmentally, but development of the anode side of the battery continues to lag behind the cathode

NextSource has commissioned the Molo flake graphite mine and is installing a hybrid power plant for the project on the East African island of Madagascar, the company reported on Thursday March 23

An increasingly fierce price war in China’s domestic automotive sector for electric vehicles (EVs) and traditional vehicles in recent months has dealt another blow to battery raw materials prices, sources told Fastmarkets

Graphite market: key dynamics

After a four-week consultation period that concluded on February 28, Fastmarkets has amended its graphite flake price assessments from a single price to a range as of March 2.

Tirupati Graphite has commissioned a new 18,000 tonnes per year unit to bring its overall flake graphite production capacity to 30,000 tpy, the company has reported