Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

Canada-based Northern Graphite Corporation has closed its previously announced acquisition of the producing Lac des Iles graphite mine (LDI) in Québec from a subsidiary of Imerys SA and the Okanjande graphite deposit/Okorusu processing plant in Namibia from a subsidiary of Imerys and its joint venture partner. Sprott invested CDN$3.75

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Namibia Chinese Companies Financing 284

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2023

A total of 83% of forecast lithium supply is set to come from projects with some form of Chinese involvement, according to Benchmark. Of the critical battery minerals, cobalt is the one with which Africa captures the largest share of the upstream mining.

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Namibia Supplies Global Africa 195

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

In addition to the Lindi Jumbo Project, Walkabout is also exploring in south west Tanzania at the Amani Hard Rock Gold Project and southern Namibia at the Eureka Lithium Project. Roskill notes that Lindi Jumbo is one of a number of Australian-backed flake graphite projects worldwide, many of which are focused on Africa.

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Tanzania Namibia Africa Mozambique 418

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

At the same time, consumption of graphite electrodes in electric arc furnaces (EAFs) began to rise as the Chinese government took steps to halt production of poor quality induction furnace steel. Meanwhile, needle coke is being increasingly diverted into the battery market. Batteries underpin growth in natural graphite.

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