New Report Discusses Graphite Market’s Prospects
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A recently released report has provided crucial insights into the graphite industry, focusing on its applications, future projections and current market trends across various industries. Graphite is a mineral needed for the green transition, with current demand growing in markets such as renewable energy storage and electric vehicles.
The mineral has different properties, including the fact that it is a good conductor of electricity and heat. Graphite also maintains strength and firmness up to temperatures of over 3600o C. In addition, it is corrosion resistant.
Graphite is used in various industries, including powder metallurgy, steelmaking, automotive, flame retardants, solar and wind energy, lubricants, refractory manufacturing and fuel cells.
Significant growth in the electric car sector has increased the industry’s demand for graphite, given the use of graphite anodes in Li-ion batteries. Both synthetic and natural graphite play a significant role in the energy-storage-system and electric-vehicle markets. Every battery anode contains 50 to 100 kilograms, with both natural and synthetic graphite used.
Synthetic graphite is classified into primary and secondary graphite while natural graphite is comprised of crystalline vein, amorphous and flake graphite. China is the largest consumer and producer of graphite, making up 99% of uncoated spherical graphite, 60% of total global supply of natural flake and more than 90% of natural gas.
While synthetic graphite has dominated the market for a while, product developers outside of China have been modifying chemistries to meet tighter ESG standards and lower emissions. America is part of this effort, making more funding for graphite production available in the country.
In addition to focusing on how increasing investments into this burgeoning industry are bolstering growth, the report examined different factors that promote the market growth of graphite. These included the increase in use of renewable energy as well as electric cars. The investigators also looked at challenges that impeded market expansion, which included environmental concerns and supply chain issues.
Currently, the key markets for graphite classified by demand include North America, the Asia Pacific, China, Brazil and Europe. The report also profiles more than a hundred key players in this growing industry, including both synthetic and natural producers of graphite.
The companies profiled include Gratomic, Black Rock Mining, Graftech International, Leading Edge Materials, Graphite India, Nippon Carbon, SEC Carbon, Reflex Advanced Materials Corp. (CSE: RFLX) (OTCQB: RFLXF), Tokai Carbon and Renascor Resources, among many others.
Further, the report analyzed emerging trends in the graphite market, including the increasing interest in graphene-based applications and the growing demand for high-purity graphite in advanced tech.
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