Sept 12 (Reuters) - New investments in the United States and Europe aim to challenge China’s stranglehold on a key ingredient used in most electric vehicle batteries – graphite – but industry experts ...

Graphjet Technology accomplishes 99.99% graphite purity and 98.8% graphitization, Graphjet has achieved the highest levels of both purity and graphitization among all biomass graphite production ...

Collaboration efforts between the Texas A&M University Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering and the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) have led to ...

Andrew Kessel was a breaking news writer for Investopedia until October 2025. He previously covered markets for Proactive Investors, with a focus on small-cap stocks in fintech, healthcare, mining, ...

General Motors Company GM has entered into a multimillion-dollar agreement with Norwegian battery supplier, Vianode, to secure synthetic graphite anode materials starting in 2027. The deal is set to ...

Despite probable bumps in the road ahead, caused by faltering economies and component shortages, more than 13m plug-in fully electric or hybrid passenger cars are likely to be sold this year, ...

Why it matters: Graphite is the largest component in lithium-ion batteries by weight. Accounting for losses during the manufacturing process, it takes over 30 times more graphite than lithium to make ...

German company Aurubis AG and Australian battery materials and technology company Talga Group Ltd., have signed a development agreement for a recycled graphite anode product from lithium-ion batteries ...

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 ...

Plastic waste, particularly LDPE, remains a major environmental concern due to its widespread use and low recycling rates, currently estimated at around 4 % globally. LDPE is commonly found in ...