Spotlight: Gold and critical minerals in northern Quebec – Part 2

Researchers say the production of lithium, cobalt, and graphite must expand dramatically to meet the demand enabled by high levels of electric vehicle manufacturing.

The Canadian miner said it wants to achieve a zero-carbon footprint at both its Phase 1 anode materials plant and its Matawinie graphite project in Québec.

The junior resource company achieved a highly stable long-term cycling ability using 100% silicon anodes.

Urbix Inc. developed a spheroidization process to make natural anode-grade graphite compete with synthetic anodes.

Lithium Australia and VSPC want to provide practical solutions for electric vehicle manufacturers seeking cobalt-free batteries.

Talga Group’s Talcoat is obtained from graphite extracted at the Vittangi project in Sweden.

The Canadian company has acquired three patents related to battery anode materials from South Korea’s Yonsei University.

Europe-based graphite electrode producers lodged a complaint before the EC alleging that imports of certain Chinese products were being dumped.

Larger graphite flake sizes are used in the manufacture of bipolar plates for fuel cells and vanadium redox batteries, as well as primary batteries.