Westwater Sources, Inc., an power expertise and battery-grade pure graphite firm (“Westwater Sources”), in the present day acknowledged that new Chinese language restrictions on the availability of pure graphite will negatively impression the provision of battery anode materials which is a important part in producing the lithium-ion batteries which can be utilized in electrical autos.

At the moment, China produces almost 100% of the processed graphite that’s used to create battery anodes utilized in electrical autos. A mean EV in the USA comprises roughly 175 kilos of processed graphite. Nevertheless, the USA presently has no home manufacturing of pure graphite and no home processing of graphite into anode supplies for EV batteries.

Westwater Sources is dedicated to altering this imbalance by offering a home provide of pure graphite and a home supply of graphite processing for the EV market. Westwater Sources is presently constructing its Kellyton Graphite Processing Plant, which is able to provide processed graphite to the EV market starting in early 2025. As well as, Westwater Sources is designing and planning its Coosa Graphite Challenge, which is scheduled to start mining pure graphite by the top of 2028. The Kellyton Graphite Processing Plant and the Coosa Graphite Deposit are each positioned in east-central Alabama.

“The announcement of export curbs by China highlights the significance of standing up a battery grade graphite anode business in the USA to help the power transition,” mentioned Terence J. Cryan, Government Chairman of Westwater Sources. “Since almost 100% of world graphite anode materials is coming from China this yr, range of provide is within the nation’s finest curiosity. Westwater’s Kellyton Graphite Processing Plant is able to prepared the ground.”

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