{"id":8259,"date":"2023-05-03T15:06:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T05:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/?p=8259"},"modified":"2023-06-22T15:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T05:07:20","slug":"graphite-is-the-next-lithium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/graphite-is-the-next-lithium\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Graphite is the next lithium\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e3d2b44edb453bde841751b1ee7ead4?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e3d2b44edb453bde841751b1ee7ead4?s=50&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/author\/tom-parkerprimecreative-com-au\/\">TOM PARKER<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20220625_083451_Springdale-drilling-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"Graphite Australia\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International Graphite\u2019s Springdale graphite project in WA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Renascor Resources, International Graphite and Quantum Graphite are three ASX-listed companies driving the emerging graphite industry in Australia. We take a closer look at their attributes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the key raw materials in the green energy transition is graphite, but while Australia is a key producer&nbsp;of other battery metals such as&nbsp;lithium, nickel and manganese, there are no active Australian graphite mining&nbsp;operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graphite is used as an input for anodes \u2013 one of two electrodes that make up a lithium-ion battery, with cathodes \u2013 made up of metals such as lithium, nickel and cobalt \u2013 the other electrode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, demand for anodes grew by 46 per cent in 2022, while supply of flake graphite&nbsp;\u2013 the most geologically common form of natural graphite \u2013 enjoyed 14 per cent growth last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This created a supply\u2013demand imbalance, with Benchmark observing a 25 per cent rise in the price for -100 mesh flake graphite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lithium-ion battery anode market also became flake graphite\u2019s biggest end user in 2022, running ahead of traditional applications in foundry and refractory industries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the good news doesn\u2019t stop there, with&nbsp;more incentives emerging for future graphite producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRising prices on strong anode demand are expected to incentivise new supply in 2023, where four new mines are anticipated to join the flake graphite market,\u201d Benchmark senior analyst George Miller&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/source.benchmarkminerals.com\/article\/what-to-expect-for-graphite-in-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlongside expansions at current mines in both China and Africa, supply is set to grow by around 15 per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller said the -100 mesh graphite market, the preferred mesh size for anode manufacturing, is set to experience a deficit in 2023, which might see advancements in the types of anode feedstock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis might include milling of larger mesh sizes to suit the battery market or the use of different mesh sizes to stymie a supply deficit,\u201d he said. \u201cSustaining a raw material shortage in the natural graphite anode value chain risks curtailing natural graphite anode market share.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Australian companies are looking to ignite the local graphite industry. Some are not only focused on producing raw materials, but also developing a downstream offering as well.&nbsp;<em>Australian Resources &amp; Investment<\/em>&nbsp;profiles three of those companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_10922\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/201903-Drone-Stills-DSC_4130-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10922\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renascor Resources\u2019 Siviour graphite project is located on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Renascor Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a market capitalisation of more than $500 million, Renascor Resources is the highest profile Australian-focused graphite company on the ASX. This is due to the significance of its vertically integrated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/2023\/03\/10\/siviour-is-this-australias-next-graphite-producer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Siviour battery anode material (BAM) project<\/a>&nbsp;in South Australia, which comprises a proposed mine and concentrator near Arno Bay on the Eyre Peninsula and a planned downstream purified spherical graphite (PSG) facility in Port Adelaide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Siviour mine area is massive, holding the world\u2019s second largest proven graphite reserve and the largest graphite reserve outside of Africa. This could support a mining operation for 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Siviour received Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation (PEPR) approval in November 2022 \u2013 the second step in a two-step assessment process from the South Australian Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PEPR approval enables Renascor to process up to 1.65 million tonnes of ore per annum, allowing the production of 150,000 tonnes of graphite concentrates per annum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renascor has the backing of the Australian Government through a $185 million loan facility, while the company was also successful in raising $70 million through an institutional placement in December 2022. This was priced at $0.275 per share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renascor managing director David Christensen said upstream development would be the company\u2019s initial focus, as that\u2019s where he sees market demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe gap in (graphite) material right now is really on the upstream and that\u2019s largely because the customer base has grown significantly on the anode side and on the midstream processing side to feed battery companies, but the mines haven\u2019t caught up,\u201d he told&nbsp;<em>Australian Resources &amp; Investment<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once flake graphite concentrates are produced from Renascor\u2019s Siviour open-pit mine and processing plant on the Eyre&nbsp;Peninsula, further processing at the Port&nbsp;Adelaide facility would deliver a midstream PSG product to support battery anode manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christensen provided further analysis of current graphite dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we see where we are with graphite right now, China produces two thirds of the world\u2019s graphite but processes 100 per cent of the graphite that goes into anodes and then produces about 90 per cent of the anodes,\u201d Christensen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd they\u2019ve really built up their processing capacity, both on the midstream \u2026 and on the anode side, and for that matter on the battery and the EV (electric vehicle) side as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere may be even overcapacity there, but there\u2019s undercapacity certainly in China on the flake graphite, so China has now become a net importer of flake graphite, and that\u2019s really what\u2019s causing the increase in the price. The reason they\u2019re a net importer is because they need to feed the lithium-ion battery sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given its bright future as a battery anode material, Christensen compared graphite\u2019s prospects to another battery metal key to the EV sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we tell people is graphite is the next lithium, and the more people that figure it out the better because I think we\u2019re going to see not just our prices, but a number of prices go up relatively quickly fuelled from the supply gap,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo it\u2019s a great opportunity and I think there\u2019s a lot of ASX companies who look like they have some pretty exciting resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_10923\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/RNU_donbrice-8104_David-with-graphite-slide_product-focus-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10923\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Renascor managing director David Christensen with a graphite slide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>International Graphite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 2018, ASX-listed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/2023\/03\/08\/how-international-graphite-is-setting-itself-up-for-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Graphite<\/a>&nbsp;was built on the premise that the graphite industry would need more downstream processing capacity outside of China as the demand for battery anode materials increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is developing a mine-to-market business model, whereby raw materials would be mined from the Springdale graphite project in WA and fed into a downstream processing plant in the emerging renewable energy hub of Collie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International Graphite successfully commissioned its micronising facility in September 2022, which the company believes&nbsp;is the most advanced known pilot-scale graphite micronising and spheroidising&nbsp;plant to be installed and operated in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Micronising is the critical first step in the&nbsp;downstream processing of battery anode&nbsp;materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat micronising does is essentially takes a fine concentrate, which might be 100\u2013150 microns in size, somewhere in that order, and essentially grinds it down to a 20-micron&nbsp;size,\u201d International Graphite managing director and chief executive officer&nbsp;Andrew Worland told&nbsp;<em>Australian Resources &amp; Investment<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGenerally speaking, somewhere in the vicinity of 20 microns is what\u2019s needed to progress a micronised graphite product through the battery anode process. You then spheroidise the micronised graphite and purify it, which involves taking a concentrate grade, let\u2019s say 95 per cent, up to battery grade of 99.95 per cent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe final step is coating, and then you have a high-value product which is available for battery manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International Graphite\u2019s Collie facility will also act as a centre for research and development (R&amp;D) to explore the possibility of producing a finished battery anode material&nbsp;product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company acquired the Springdale project from Comet Resources in April 2022, with Comet seeing the value in International Graphite\u2019s downstream potential. This was also reflective of broader investor sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere the industry was moving to more broadly from an investor perspective, was the value of a company was not being reflected in the mining assets but being reflected in the extent to which companies had explored downstream processing of their own materials,\u201d Worland said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo Comet formed the view that merging the asset (Springdale) with our downstream processing IP (intellectual property) would yield a very nice consolidated business entity that was all held in Western Australia and offered the benefits of ESG (environmental, social and governance) to the global marketplace. That was the basis of listing in April 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International Graphite commenced trading on the ASX following a $10 million initial public offering (IPO), and within a month the company had unveiled a larger graphite R&amp;D facility in Collie and announced a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ZEN Energy to explore renewable energy options for its downstream facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drilling saw International Graphite identify several high-grade discoveries at Springdale throughout 2022, including Springdale Central and Springdale South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2022, the company finalised a $2 million financial assistance agreement&nbsp;with&nbsp;the WA Government to support the development of its Collie downstream facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worland said International Graphite could potentially commence importing concentrate before its Springdale project comes online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can get that (our micronising plant) started on imported concentrates, and it may be, in time, a facility that we use to divert some Springdale material to as well,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll use that micronising facility to develop a customer base and generate cash flow into the company in 2024, before the feasibility study for Springdale and the feasibility studies for the battery anode material plant in Collie have been developed and completed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">International Graphite\u2019s strategy doesn\u2019t stop there, with the company taking a holistic view at its development to find the best pathway forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the challenges that all development-stage resource companies have in looking to get downstream is the timing to market,\u201d Worland said. \u201cThis is certainly the case within the graphite industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt takes a lot of integration of facilities and of course there\u2019s a qualification process which is reasonably unique to graphite from a battery anode perspective that all companies need to go through. This does delay your market entry point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we think is a very nice way to bridge that market entry is through establishing this micronising facility, which will be profitable very quickly. This will generate cash flow for the business that will help develop the feasibility work that we need to complete for Springdale and Collie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust as important as cash flow is the market intelligence in customer networking. It\u2019s the experience in sales and logistics that is something that doesn\u2019t sit within any development-stage companies at this point in time. It\u2019s a skill set that we\u2019ll have through operations that others won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_10924\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AdobeStock_438874199-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10924\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphite has a bright future as a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quantum Graphite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Uley mine in South Australia was the sole Australian graphite producer when it was up and running between 2014\u201315. Uley was placed on care and maintenance in December&nbsp;2015 by Valence Industries, before the company was rebranded as Quantum Graphite in July 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quantum Graphite is advancing Uley to a restart \u2013 as Uley 2 \u2013 where it aims to produce 55,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of flake graphite from its processing plant. This would be generated from 500,000tpa of feed. The expected mine life is 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has been undertaking significant site works at Uley 2 before installation of the new processing plant commences, which involved remediation of the Uley legacy plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent achievements for Quantum Graphite include the renewal of its Mikkira exploration licence until October 2027. Mikkira covers much of the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula and includes Uley 2, as well as other prospects such as Salt Lake, Homestead, Kacey and Fishery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November 2022, Quantum Graphite announced the successful completion of an energy storage project undertaken at INEMET in Freiburg, Germany. This involved testing and measuring the thermal performance of QSP\u2019s flake graphite-based storage media under the same temperatures of the long-duration energy storage (LDES) battery developed by Sunlands Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QSP is a joint venture between Quantum Graphite and Sunlands Co. focused on the manufacture of flake graphite-based thermal storage media, with the flake to be exclusively sourced from Uley 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thermal storage uses heat to store energy for later use, which offers a renewable source of energy and potentially reduces the reliance on fossil fuels for energy generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quantum Graphite non-executive director David Trimboli said the findings from the INEMET test work program were significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese results now settle the scope of QSP\u2019s manufacturing of Uley media blocks,\u201d he said. \u201cThe big news is the uniformity in the heat storage results. This enables QSP to achieve efficiencies of scale in the size and type of Uley media blocks regardless of the configurations required by Sunlands Co. for its various LDES cells.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOperationally the capability to utilise all the Uley 2 flake product range hands QSP significant operational control over the&nbsp;procurement process (eg timing, general&nbsp;market conditions etcetera) of Uley 2 flake inventory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quantum Graphite launched a takeover bid for graphite explorer Lincoln Minerals in August 2022, which was still active at the time this article was published online, with the takeover offer open until May 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to its shareholders in late February, Lincoln Minerals said Quantum Graphite\u2019s offer remained unsatisfactory, while highlighting its own attributes where it is fully funded for 2023 exploration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drilling at the Koppio graphite project and Kookaburra Gully graphite deposit was set to commence in March.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This feature appeared in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/latest-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April\u2013May edition of Australian Resources &amp; Investment<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Subscribe to&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australianresourcesandinvestment.com.au\/subscribe\/\"><em>Australian Resources &amp; Investment<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;and receive the latest news on commodity prices, resource developments, executive movements and more.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOM PARKER International Graphite\u2019s Springdale graphite project in WA. Renascor Resources, International Graphite and Quantum Graphite are three ASX-listed companies driving the emerging graphite industry in Australia. We take a closer look at their attributes. One of the key raw materials in the green energy transition is graphite, but while Australia is a key producer&nbsp;of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/graphite-is-the-next-lithium\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u2018Graphite is the next lithium\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mines-and-quarry","category-new-ideas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83F9T-29d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8569,"url":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/international-graphite-welcomes-us-tariffs\/","url_meta":{"origin":8259,"position":0},"title":"International Graphite welcomes US tariffs","author":"yinghui","date":"May 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"OLIVIA THOMSON Drilling operations at the Springdale graphite project in WA. 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