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WEATHERSFIELD — Graphite One, the company that has proposed a $435 million plant here to produce synthetic graphite material crucial for making batteries for electric vehicles, is simultaneously ...

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 ...

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 ...

Current battery chemistries rely on graphite, but the existence of synthetic alternatives and abundant natural supplies cap price increases for mined graphite. Nouveau Monde Graphite's recent ...

An Estonian startup using captured carbon to create sustainable alternatives to materials needed for batteries has just raised 4 million euros, $4.3 million. Tallinn-based Up Catalyst, founded in 2019 ...

SHANGHAI - Beijing's move to restrict graphite exports will have a disproportionate impact on foreign makers of electric vehicle battery components who have not yet shifted to using as much synthetic ...

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 ...