Traditional methods for making graphite involve heating premium needle coke and coal-tar pitch at temperatures above 3,000ºC in a process that requires several days of heating and cooling. A new ...

Vianode started a production-scale plant to manufacture synthetic anode graphite in Norway in 2024. General Motors Corp. has secured a multi-year supply of critical materials for EV battery ...

Vianode, a Norwegian producer of sustainable synthetic anode graphite, plans to establish its first North American facility in Ontario. Representing a $3.2 billion investment the facility to be ...

A lab in the United States has made high-quality graphite from coal waste. Researchers at the NETL unlocked a low-temperature synthesis process to turn coal into critical mineral graphite with a lower ...

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General Motors has inked a multimillion-dollar deal with a Norwegian battery supplier for its synthetic graphite anode materials starting in 2027. The companies said Wednesday that once Vianode ...

As more and more Americans embrace electric vehicles, automakers and the federal government are racing to secure the materials needed to build EV batteries, including by pouring billions of dollars ...

The market for ultra-high-purity (UHP) graphite, essential for EV anodes and nuclear reactors, is projected to hit $1.43 billion by 2030, masking structural friction in the global energy transition.