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Industry News & Insights
Analysis, deep dives and editorial from across the global graphite and battery anode value chain.
Westwater Resources (NYSE American: WWR) is set to receive a US$25 million loan from the US Export-Import Bank for its Alabama graphite mine and processing facility, according to a Reuters report. The financing forms part of a US$58 million package for three critical-mineral companies, and would support what Reuters described as the country's first source of natural graphite. WWR shares closed up 87.7% on the report.
Volt Resources has been notified that its two Bunyu mining licences will be cancelled by the Tanzanian government. The company plans to appeal, its UOF funding term sheet has been allowed to lapse, and its shares remain suspended.
CATL takes a 20% stake and board seat in CarbonScape, investing alongside Lochpine Capital to scale bio-based graphite toward commercial production.
Sila Nanotechnologies has filed an ITC Section 337 complaint and a parallel district court suit against Chinese silicon anode producers C-ONE, alleging infringement of its Titan Silicon patents and seeking an exclusion order to bar imports.
NOVONIX has raised A$20.7m through an institutional placement at A$0.16 per share, a 33.3% discount, and launched a A$3.0m share purchase plan
Shanghai customs fined ULVAC Materials (Suzhou), a unit of Japan's ULVAC, Inc., RMB 10,000 (~US$1,400) for exporting graphite to Japan without a licence under China's dual-use controls, the latest in a widening enforcement effort.
