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 ...

The conventional synthetic graphite approach, named for inventor Edward Goodrich Acheson in the 1890s, relies mostly on extreme heat. In an iron crucible, batches of silica or quartz sand are combined ...

Major resource upgrade: Focus Graphite’s Lac Tetepisca deposit now holds 120.16Mt indicated at 10.27% Cg, making it one of the largest known graphite resources. Global supply shift: China’s graphite ...

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 ...

A top U.S. Department of Energy official Friday checked out the Chattanooga battery materials factory Novonix, where the Biden administration has funneled a recent grant and tax credits totaling $203 ...

Estonian company Up Catalyst just raised $4.3 million to make graphite with captured carbon. Graphite is used in lithium-ion batteries but it's currently mined or derived from fossil fuels. Check out ...