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A new approach to water desalination

Graphene sheets with precisely controlled pores have potential to purify water more efficiently than existing methods. The availability of fresh water is dwindling in many parts of the world, a problem that is expected to grow with populations. One promising source of potable water is the world’s virtually limitless supply of seawater, but so far desalination technology has been too expensive for widespread use..

web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/...ne-water-desalination-0702.html

 

Graphite Prices Climb, but Sentiment Weak

Sunday July 29, 2012, 9:15pm PDT

By Karan Kumar - Exclusive to Graphite Investing News

The price of natural flake graphite rose in June and July after declining in May, but the general feeling in the market is that prices for all grades are softening. Industrial Minerals reported that the price of large-flake graphite (+80 mesh, 94 to 97 percent carbon) was between $2,500 and $3,000 a tonne on July 26. That’s comparable to prices for the same grade seen in June..

resourceinvestingnews.com/...ces-climb-but-sentiment-weak.html

 

"..Graphite demand to grow exponentially

 Within the past year, about 40 companies looking for graphite have listed on Canadian stock exchanges. Use of this critical mineral in lithium-ion batteries, pebble-bed nuclear reactors, and electric vehicles is expected to grow exponentially in the coming years. And demand for these applications will be much higher than demand for graphite for steel and automotive applications.."

resourceinvestingnews.com/...imb-but-sentiment-weak.html 

 

Rare Earths and Graphite—The Critical Factors for Success: Gareth Hatch

TICKERS: ALK, ARU, AVL; AVARF, FDR, FMS, FRO, GWG; GWMGF, GGG, HAS, LYC, MAT; MRHEF, MCP, NGC; NGPHF, QRM, RES; REE, TSM; TAS; TASXF; T61, UCU; UURAF

Source: JT Long of The Critical Metals Report  (7/31/12)

Comparisons are useful in evaluating a company, but in the rare earth market, it's not as simple as a spreadsheet. With so many variables in the mix, no two projects are exactly alike, and each has its relative strengths and weaknesses. But out of hundreds of juniors digging for rare earths and graphite, how can investors evaluate who is likely to be among the handful to finally sell their minerals to end users? In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Technology Metals Research Founding Principal Gareth Hatch examines the supply chain to identify advanced companies with good odds for success. He also shares some telling metrics that help show how companies measure up to their peers..

http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/14008

 

A Specialty Metals Primer: Mickey Fulp

TICKERS: FDR, MCP

Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report  (8/7/12)

You'll never hear Mickey Fulp talk about electric metals, technology metals or rare metals. But he's got plenty to say about specialty metals. While the nomenclature may not seem important, Fulp, who is one of the foremost experts in the space today, believes obscure definitions are confusing investors. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Fulp clears up the confusion and talks about some in-demand elements many investors may have never even heard of...

www.theaureport.com/pub/na/14061

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"TCMR: What about graphite, which of course, is not a metal?

MF: Your point is well taken. Carbon as graphite is a semi-metal and I separate those elements from the specialty metals. That said, I'm very bullish on graphite. I started studying the graphite market more than two years ago. I looked at two up-and-coming graphite juniors and finally chose to delve into the market a little less than a year ago with a startup company, Flinders Resources Ltd. (FDR:TSX.V). That company is now recognized as one of the three leaders in the graphite space.

There are opportunities in graphite. I've gone on record as saying graphite is going to be the next big thing and could be the next bubble. It hasn't panned out yet, but I attribute that to the overall negative junior resource market we've had this year.

TCMR: Flinders has a really smart group behind it. It has a deposit in Sweden, which is very mining friendly.

MF: Sweden is at the top of my list for mining-friendly countries in the world. Flinders has a past-producing mine. The people who are running this company have had very good success with two sister companies. The capex to put this project back into production is about one-fourth the amount that its peers require. It has raised all the money it needs to go into production and is actually selling graphite from stockpiles as we speak. We expect this graphite mine to be in commercial production again by early 2014, if not before.."

Graphite’s gleam

With big jumps in price and demand, mining companies are rushing to find new sources of the mineral and revive old ones. But even as graphite projects spread across the Ottawa region and beyond, investors need to remember the risks of resource development..

www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/...ite+gleam/7107953/story.html

 

Hevorgehoben ein statement vom CEO von Northern Graphite: "No new graphite properties were developed in the last economic cycle and the pressure on supply will be more acute in the next cycle.” 

 

Langfristiger Ausblick verbessert sich weiter: Der Einfluss der Chinesen wird zu einer steigenden Angebotsverknappung führen. Sie werden in den nächsten Jahren auch in Erwägung ziehen, Exportzölle einzuführen um folgend die Exporte zu beschränken (vgl. REE-Sektor). Weiter dürften China hinsichtlich der Ressourcenschonung das Angebot zunehmend drosseln. Im Hinblick auf eine anziehende Nachfrage werden diese Schritte zwangsweise zu höheren - mindestens stabilen - Graphitpreisen führen. Und hier sind primär erst einmal nur die "normalen" Graphitsorten gemeint. Die edlen und besonders qualitativen Sorten (~ 99.9% Cr, Jumbo Flake etc.), die zunehmend im High-Tech Sekor Anwendung finden, werden bereits zu erheblich höheren Preisen gehandelt. Zudem werden die potentiellen 'Game Changer' wie 'Spherical Graphite' & Co. für Zündstoff sorgen..

Supply Situation Report: China widens its graphite sphere of influence

August 20, 2012

Flinders Announces Listing of Common Share Purchase Warrants on the TSX Venture Exchange

VANCOUVER, August 20, 2012 - Flinders Resources Limited ("Flinders") (TSXV: FDR) is pleased to announce that 4,411,754 common share purchase warrants (the "Warrants") issued pursuant to its private placement which closed on April 17, 2012, have been listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share of Flinders, until April 17, 2014, at a price of $2.20 per common share..

http://www.flindersresources.com/s/...urchase-Warrants-on-the-TSX-Ven...

 
 

 August 20, 2012

Flinders Starts Reprocessing Graphite At The Kringel Mine In Sweden

 Vancouver, Canada - Flinders Resources Limited ("Flinders") (TSXV -- FDR). Mr. Martin McFarlane, President & CEO is pleased to provide an update on the wide range of activities that are underway at the Kringel Graphite Mine in Sweden to advance the project towards a restart of production. Highlights include:

•The back end of the Kringel processing plant has been successfully restarted and production of graphite from stockpiled material is underway. The entire supply (500 tonnes) of stockpiled material has been sold to German customers and the first shipment is expected to occur in September.
•Dewatering of the Kringel pit has commenced. Once the pit has been emptied, mining of ore may begin.
•Two 500kg bulk samples of fresh graphite ore from the Kringel deposit have been extracted and sent to Metso Corporation ("Metso"), a global mineral engineering and processing technology company, for grinding tests to optimize processing parameters.
•Drilling of additional holes at the Kringel deposit to enable deeper graphite zones to be included in the NI43-101 resource calculation has concluded. Further assay results will be announced shortly. The NI43-101 resource calculation at the Kringel deposit is now expected mid to late September due to drill mechanical issues that led to a 5 week overrun of the additional drilling program..

http://www.flindersresources.com/s/...e-At-The-Kringel-Mine-In-Sweden 
 
 

Link: http://www.techmetalsresearch.com/metrics-indices/...-projects-index/

 

 

Flinders wird erwähnt..

Graphitsektor – Die kommenden Produzenten

Die Realität hat die Graphitbranche eingeholt. Die Anzahl der potentiellen, neuen Graphitproduzenten ist überschaubar geworden. Gegenwärtig haben nur die besten Projekte eine Chance..

Link: www.rohstoff-investingnews.de/graphit/...ktor-die-produzenten/

 

Das zieht den kompletten Graphitsektor verständlich nach oben. Northern Graphite hat sich für benötigte das Minenequipment erfolgreich eine Finanzierung von Caterpillar gesichert, dem weltgrößten Hersteller für Baumaschinen und einer wahrlich renommierten und einflussreichen Adresse. Die Finanzierung mit Caterpillar stellt nicht nur einen großen Meilenstein für Northern Graphite im Hinblick auf die Konstruktionsentscheidung dar, sie ist auch ein starkes Vertrauenszeichen für den Graphitsektor. Niemals würde eine Caterpillar diese Finanzierung zusichern, wenn sie nicht von einer profitablen, nachhaltigen Graphit-Minenoperation überzeugt wären.

January 08, 2013 08:45 ET

Northern Graphite Signs Equipment Financing Deal with Caterpillar

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 8, 2013) - Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NGC)(OTCQX:NGPHF)(the "Company") announces that it has signed indicative term sheets with Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation ("Cat Financial") to provide financing for the purchase of up to US$17.5 million in Cat mining and Cat power equipment for the Company's Bissett Creek graphite project. Cat Financial has preliminarily indicated its additional interest in participating in a Project Debt Facility, subject to receipt of an Information Memorandum relating thereto and its agreement with the terms and conditions..

Link: www.marketwire.com/press-release/...sx-venture-ngc-1743299.htm

 

Chinesische Graphit-Miner fahren in 2012 Rekordgewinne ein:

Chinese Graphite Miners Put in Strong Performance in 2012

Monday January 14, 2013, 4:15am PST 

Graphite miners from China, the world’s top-producing nation, look to have had an excellent run in 2012.

Recently released numbers from China Data Online show that in October 2012 — the latest month reported — Chinese miners of graphite and talcum posted profits of 188.2 million yuan (US$30.2 million), a record for the year and the second-highest monthly total registered in the last 24 months..

Link: graphiteinvestingnews.com/...-metals-paringa-syrah-production/

Graphene Market Set for 40% Annual Growth, Reaching $126 Million in 2020

* Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release.

Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:30am EST

pdf.reuters.com/htmlnews/...ml:reuters.com:20130117:nBw175375a

Graphene nanoplatelets, led by composites and energy storage applications, will
drive growth but graphene films will mostly remain in the lab, says Lux Research

BOSTON--(Business Wire)-- Graphene, touted as the next wunderkind material because of its extraordinary properties, will grow to a $126 million market in 2020, from its $9 million base
in 2012, according to Lux Research. While an impressive debut for a new material, this growth is less than some of the hype may suggest..

Link: www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/17/...+BSW20130117  

 

Ingrid Heinritzi, Freie Wirtschaftsjournalistin  01 / 02 / 2013

Graphit – Vorkommen und Lagerstätten

Das für die Lithium-Ionen-Batterien nötige Graphit kommt zu etwa 65 Prozent aus China. Überraschenderweise liegt an dritter Stelle weltweit Mexiko, aber nur wenn man das im Boden befindliche Graphit betrachtet..

Link: miningscout.de/Kolumnen/...und_Lagerstaetten/page_1/_76/__1459

 

Nokia scores $1.35bn grant for graphene development

Kerry Hall | February 1, 2013 

Dr. Leonid Ponomarenko and his colleagues at Manchester University have done graphene research that could lead to new computer chip designs. 

Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) and the European-based consortium Graphene Flagship received a $1.35 billion grant this week from the European Union for research and development of the super-material graphene, reports the Nokia blog..

www.mining.com/nokia-scores-1-35bn-26679/

The Global Destination for Graphite Investors

Posted on February 22, 2013  by Alessandro Bruno 

Graphite investors have their pick in Quebec; more interestingly, the proximity of the properties and the availability of expertise and perhaps the best mining regulatory environment in the world, make the province  ideal. Quebec is mining friendly; graphite projects in Quebec are close to very good roads and infrastructure; the projects feature the highest grades facilitating the purification process to address the current sources of demand; finally, the companies are managed by world experts in the area of mineral graphite and all operating close to Timcal one of the sole suppliers of natural graphite in the world. The key concept is vicinity. Everything is ‘close’; one might coin the term ‘close-ology’ or “vicinology” for those who like Latin to describe the serendipitous combination of factors that are turning Quebec into the premiere graphite destination. This ‘closeology’ also has the potential to spur a number of mergers and acquisitions as the various properties run into each other geographically and geologically..

www.proedgewire.com/...c-the-ideal-graphite-destination/ 

 

China’s Graphite Consolidation could have Global Impact on Demand

Posted on April 16, 2013  by Alessandro Bruno 

Graphite & Graphene Week-in-Review: Graphite investors must have taken a bit of a break, given the sector’s bland performance over the past month, but they should pay more attention. There are important developments in China that will affect the industry as a whole..

Link: www.proedgewire.com/...te-consolidation-to-have-global-impact/

 

The Pulse: China’s changing graphite scene

Posted on April 18, 2013  by Robin Bromby 

Further evidence is emerging that China is, indeed, moving to force graphite flake producing companies into larger, more consolidated entities..

Link: www.proedgewire.com/uncategorized/...okyo-for-the-gold-plunge/

 

Diese Nachricht scheint ja nicht übermäßige Reaktionen am Markt hervorzurufen:

www.stockwatch.com/News/Item.aspx?bid=Z-C:FDR-2122175

Hat jemand eine Idee, woran das liegt?

Wollten die Chinesen nicht ihre Förderung drosseln?

...to Create a Diversified Critical Metals Company

December 12, 2013
www.flindersresources.com/s/...s-to-Create-a-Diversified-Cr...

.... At Woxna Graphite, Sweden

March 03, 2014
www.flindersresources.com/s/...Update-At-Woxna-Graphite-Sweden