July 8, 2014 Graphite, lithium and REEs vital to hot Tech: Moreno Metals, minerals play critical roles in smartphones, electric vehicles.
June 23, 2014 Tesla Gigafactory could be boon for graphite, lithium, cobalt: Simon Moores Tesla has dubbed its $5-billion pet project, the "Gigafactory," and it could be up and running by 2017, prompting the need for battery-grade materials like graphite, lithium and cobalt.
May 25, 2014 Tesla’s Gigafactory: Needs 6 new graphite mines, but where will cobalt be sourced? The electric motor company's plans to double the globe's battery output will up graphite demand 152%, but sourcing cobalt outside the Congo could prove difficult.
May 9, 2014 Tesla’s Gigafactory Could Power Up Lithium and Graphite Producers The correction in the lithium ETF may be an opportunity for long-term believers in the electrification of automobiles.
March 18, 2014 Jeb Handwerger: China isn’t slowing down, it’s buying up (resources, that is) Headlines about a Chinese economic slowdown may get good web traffic, but the real story is that China is buying up uranium and other resources around the world.
March 10, 2014 Focus Graphite Inc.: Well Positioned for ‘The Next Big Thing’ in Graphite Advances in automotive battery technology are making graphite the next big thing for commodity investors. Graphite is the critical material for the new generation of batteries, even more than lithium…
March 9, 2014 Tesla battery plant will need 6 new flake graphite mines $5bn ‘gigafactory’ to spark EV uptake; battery graphite demand could double in 6 years with no growth elsewhere.
February 20, 2014 How to vet graphite investments: Stephen Riddle Stephen Riddle, CEO of Asbury Graphite Mills Inc., has been in the business long enough to have seen companies come and go, sometimes more than once.
January 28, 2014 The numbers don’t lie: Why the industrial minerals sector is here to stay More than ever, companies, government and academia are forming partnerships to solve a global problem—the ongoing need for scarce critical materials.
January 15, 2014 Graphene and its potential impact on graphite Over-hyped or game-changer? How the differing views on graphene could result in lack of integration with flake graphite mining
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