Graphene: The Future of Technology
CNN Tech sat down with Tomas Palacios, head of MIT's graphene research department to discuss the exciting and confounding properties of graphene.
Graphite Market News Directory
Australian Miner Triton Minerals Discovers Significant Graphite Outcrop in Mozambique
Macauhub reported that Australian miner Triton Minerals has made a significant graphite outcrop discovery during prospecting in the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. The company will start test drilling as soon as it obtains a mining license for Balama Norte.
Lincoln Moves Ahead with Kookaburra Gully Graphite Plant
Mining Weekly reported that Lincoln Minerals has launched the construction of a$1.9 million plant which will produce graphite concentrate for its Kookaburra Gully project.
Can Graphene Transform the Future?
The Sydney Morning Herald reported on the serendipitous discovery of graphene and the endless possibilities presented by its discovery.
Graphene Used in Desalination Could Revolutionize Industry
Business Insider reported on the latest technology in desalination — removing salt from seawater — could prove to be a game-changer for the industry as a whole. At the crux of this technology sits graphene, whose honeycomb lattice structure trap the salt and other impurities.
SGL Group’s 2013 Forecast Below Market Expectations
Reuters reported that due to weak demand for graphite materials used for electronics, SGL Group (OTC Pink:SGLFF), a German graphite specialist, issued a 2013 core earnings forecast that is lower than the market expected.
Zenyatta Puts Money on Rare Graphite Deposit
Mining Weekly reported that Zenyatta Ventures is investing on a rare kind of natural graphite, which it claims to be able to compete with synthetic graphite while significantly reducing the cost of production.
Cheap Process Makes Zenyatta’s Graphite 99.96% Pure
The Financial Post reported that Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. said the results from the tests made by SGS Canada Inc. on February 5 using two leaching processes on its Albany graphite deposit yielded 99.7% purity and 99.96% purity, respectively, with the latter using a simple and cheap method.
Graphite Creek Obtains World-Class Title
Mining News has reported that Graphite One Resources Inc. (TSXV:GPH) has found a vast graphite deposit in Northwest Alaska and the drilling has confirmed thick zones of graphitic carbon that rival the top tier of graphite carbon projects around the world.
Zenyatta: Ultra-High Purity Found In Unique Discovery
Given the frequency of its attention this year, it's fair to say that 2012 was the year of graphite. Much of its attraction comes from the increasingly high-tech demand in applications such as Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, vanadium-redox batteries, pebble bed reactors and graphene, just to name a few.
