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

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Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:30am EST

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

 

Im letzten Absatz dieses Artikels über Nokia geht es um FMS und Grafoid:

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Focus Graphite (TSX.V: FMS; OTCQX: FCSMF) is working on a method to bring graphene to the market through its partner Grafoid Inc in which it has a 40% stake. Grafoid’s sole purpose is to develop a proprietary method of producing graphene more economically. Grafoid is close to a manufacturing approach that avoids oxidation of the material, which reduces its conductivity. Grafoid is quite confident that it has an economically viable graphene production process ready. From Gary Economo, President and CEO Grafoid Inc. “The European Community’s grant to Nokia indicates the global race is on in earnest for graphene’s use in consumer electronics. As an emerging source of high-energy graphene for industrial-scale applications, we see Grafoid, our graphene investment and application development company as being well-positioned to enter that race in the very near future.”
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http://proedgewire.com/graphite-graphene-intel/...obal-graphene-race/  

 

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..

http://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..

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

 

 

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..

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

 

 

Juniorsektor: Kanadische Regulatoren greifen härter ein

Seit einigen Monaten ist eine klare Tendenz an den kanadischen Rohstoffbörsen erkennbar. Die zuständigen Regulatoren (bsp. British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) lassen ihren Ankündigungen endlich Taten folgen und greifen wesentlich härter in das Geschehen im Juniorsektor ein. Grund für die neue Vorgehensweise an der TSX-V/TSE ist die Anvisierung eines seriöseren Qualitätsstandards an der (scheinbar) durchgehend regulierten Börse, welcher die Position, die Rechte und den Schutz von Investoren und Aktionären an den wichtigen Rohstoffbörsenplätzen stärken soll..

http://rohstoffaktien.blogspot.de/2013/02/...adische-regulatoren.html

 

 

Focus Graphite and SOQUEM confirm the high content of critical rare earth elements at Kwyjibo with 2.95% TREO and 1.44% Cu over 10m at surface

OTTAWA – February 6, 2013 – Focus Graphite Inc. (TSX-V:FMS)(OTCQX:FCSMF)(FRANKFURT:FKC) (“Focus” or the “Corporation“) and partner SOQUEM Inc. (“SOQUEM”) are pleased to provide an update of their 2012 exploration program at the Kwyjibo polymetallic Iron-Rare Earth Elements-Copper-(Gold) (Fe-REE-Cu-(Au)) Property (“Kwyjibo” or the “Property”), located in the Côte-Nord administrative district of Québec. The 2012 exploration program at Kwyjibo comprised of surface showing and trench re-sampling, core drilling and ground geophysical surveying..

http://www.focusgraphite.com/news/press-releases/...bruary62013 

 

Link: http://www.focusgraphite.com/wp-content/uploads/...2013_opt.pdf 

 

10 Reasons to Own Focus Graphite:

1. Our company holds two properties containing strategically and economically important minerals
– graphite and neodymium – needed for green initiatives, and; for European and U.S. national and
industrial security.
2. Economics: Our Lac Knife graphite deposit holds the highest concentration of flake graphite in the
world at 16%. And our positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA, Oct ‘12) outlined robust economics:
mine life of 20 years, $3.7 billion total net revenue, $926 million pre-tax undiscounted cash
flow, a 32% pre-tax IRR with a $246 million pre-tax NPV at a 10% discount rate. Lac Knife is anticipated
to go in production in 2014
3. Supply conditions favor Focus Graphite. China controls the global market with over 70% of worldwide
graphite production and with the United States producing no graphite, security of supply is critical.
4. Market applications favour the company. Future demand will be driven by green technology initiatives
in the Carbon Age - lithium batteries, electronics - and advanced technology-grade graphite applications
and products.
5. The numbers tell the story. Current world production of graphite is approximately 1.2mt of which 40% is
flake graphite. To meet future estimated demand, some 25 new mines would be required by 2020.
6. Strategic implications will dictate future development. The U.S. and Europe are vulnerable to
graphite and neodymium shortages. Both the E.U. and the U.S. Government have designated graphite
as a critical mineral.
7. The Kwyjibo REE property has a strategic partner in the Government of Quebec through SOQUEM,
a wholly–owned subsidiary of Investissement Quebec which is responsible for fostering economic
development and job creation in Quebec.
8. The discovery of graphene from graphite will change the way we work, live and play in the future. At
one atom thick, it is the strongest material known to science. It conducts electricity better than copper,
is transparent, can be shaped to suit any form and can be modified to suit different
industrial end-uses.
9. Graphene - the “new silicon” - provides limitless commercial opportunities through Focus Graphite’s
investment in Grafoid Inc. as a 40% partner. Grafoid invests in, manages, and co-develops application
solutions from economically scalable graphene.
10. Focus Graphite is positioned perfectly for long-term growth with the right resources, the right management
and the right strategic partners as evidenced in its JV with Hydro-Quebec as technology partner
in graphite purification and anode production. 

Link: http://www.focusgraphite.com/wp-content/uploads/...e_Jan_2013_opt.pdf

 

hat jemand einen hinweis wann der produktionsstart erfolgen könnte?  

Zunächst mal vielen Dank für die umfangreiche und informative Zusammenstellung hier.

Ich habe eine Frage(n) an die Community:

Wie ist Focus gegenüber dem Risiko aufgestellt, dass mit Start der Produktion (oder auch später) China gedrosselte Produktionskapazitäten nach oben schraubt, um über eine Preisverwässerung die Rentabilität der Kanadier zu stören bzw. entsprechende Markteintrittsbarrieren aufzubauen? In anderen Rohstoffsektoren ist ein solches Marktverhalten ja durchaus öfters schon vorgekommen. Gibt es diesbzgl. bereits Aussagen zu/von Focus?

Denkbare Beispiele zur Abfederung des Risikos wären aus meiner Sicht z.B. über genügend Cash, gegenüberstehende Nachfrage / Langfristverträge, günstige oberflächennahe Förderung,  Emanzipation des Kanadischen Marks aufgrund hoher Produktionskapazitäten, Reinheitsgrad des Graphits, etc.

Mich würden hier aber Eure Einschätzungen interessieren.

Danke schon mal!

Cheers - HAL  

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..

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

 

 

"..Focus Graphite made a significant graphite discovery 10 kilometres north of the Lac Gueret graphite deposit, hosting NI 43-101. Mason, Focus, Berkwood and a others such as Galaxy Graphite Corp (‘Galaxy’, TSXV: GXY) – operating the Buckingham Graphite project not far from Lac Gueret, in the same Grenville geological province – may soon join Timcal, which produces up to 25,000 tons of graphite at Lac-des-Iles in operation since 1989. As Benoit Gascon of Mason Graphite has suggested, there has been no increase in graphite supply since 1990; however, demand is rising as is the number of technological applications demanding high quality graphite.

The Province of Quebec itself will be generating a substantial portion of that demand. Hydro-Quebec has signed an agreement with Focus to use purified graphite (at battery grades: 99% +) to make anodes; Grafoid (40% owned by Focus), is developing a commercial graphene production process and its headquarters are located in nearby Ottawa. And then there are other Quebec based specialty battery manufacturers:  Sud-Chemie (taken over by Clariant) has 100% ownership of Quebec’s Phostech Lithium and very recently launched one of the world’s premier facilities to produce carbon coated lithium iron phosphate for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries and stationary storage. Hydro Quebec is also on the cutting edge of fast battery charging systems that will help improve the viability and demand for electric vehicles. And then there are the Lithium miners and the list goes on…." 

Link: http://www.proedgewire.com/...-quebec-the-ideal-graphite-destination/

 

Hirnforscher setzt auf Graphen  für Neurochips

Blinde mit Hirnprothesen sehend machen? Solche Träume verfolgt Jose A. Garrido. Im Interview erklärt der Münchner Hirnforscher, warum Graphen Nervensignale so gut leitet..

http://www.zeit.de/wissen/2013-02/hirnimplantate-graphen

 

"..Wie ist Focus gegenüber dem Risiko aufgestellt, dass mit Start der Produktion (oder auch später) China gedrosselte Produktionskapazitäten nach oben schraubt, um über eine Preisverwässerung die Rentabilität der Kanadier zu stören bzw. entsprechende Markteintrittsbarrieren aufzubauen..?"

Das wird keine Rolle spielen, da die chinesischen Minenunternehmen zu > 70% amorphes Graphit fördern und die Produktion von hoch qualitativen, reinen und großen Graphitflocken dort limitiert ist. Genau diese Graphitart wird in Zukunft vermehrt benötigt, u.a. üfr den Hightech- und Energiespeichersektor. Focus wird nach den PEA-Daten in der Lage sein, auf Lac Knife bis zu 38,7% 'Technology grade' Graphit zu fördern und hebt sich damit von den meisten Produzenten in China bsp. ab..

 

 

IRW-PRESS: Focus Graphite Inc.: Focus Graphite meldet neue Explorationsbohrergebnisse bei Lac Knife: 66,8 Meter mit einem Gehalt von 14,7 % Graphitkohle

Focus Graphite meldet neue Explorationsbohrergebnisse bei Lac Knife: 66,8 Meter mit einem Gehalt von 14,7 % Graphitkohle

OTTAWA (ONTARIO), 5. März 2013. Focus Graphite Inc. (TSX-V: FMS; OTCQX: FCSMF; FRANKFURT: FKC) ("Focus" oder das "Unternehmen") freut sich, die Ergebnisse des Explorationsbohrprogramms im Herbst 2012 auf dem Konzessionsgebiet Lac Knife (das "Konzessionsgebiet") in der geologischen Provinz Grenville im Nordosten von Québec bekannt zu geben. Es wurden zwölf (12) Kernbohrlöcher in NQ-Größe auf insgesamt 1.384 Metern gebohrt, um die Erweiterung der Streichenlänge bei der Graphitlagerstätte Lac Knife (bis zu 375 Meter südlich des westlichen Schenkels der Lagerstätte) zu erproben. Die zwölf Explorationsbohrlöcher waren auf vier (4) Bohrzäune im Abstand von 100 Metern verteilt.

http://www.finanznachrichten.de/...gehalt-von-14-7-graphitkoh-016.htm  

Focus Graphite and SOQUEM Confirm Grades, Thicknesses and Continuity of the REE Mineralization at Josette Horizon, Kwyjibo Property: 3.22 % TREO over 36 m in Hole 10885-12-75

http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/...ases/story.aspx?id=1002174863

http://www.maerkischeallgemeine.de/cms/beitrag/...Focus-Graphite.html

to Present in Toronto at the 2nd Annual Technology Metals Summit on April 21st

http://www.stockhouse.com/news/canadianreleasesdetail.aspx?n=8800669

Project Pilot Plant

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/...sx-venture-fms-1779743.htm

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

 

 

gibt es entsprechende Neuigkeiten betreff des gesamten graphit Sektors??????????
oder???  

na die Nachrichten in Deutschland lassen hoffen, das die Preise und die Umsätze aller Graphit Hersteller steigen werden.
Ab Mai werden nun Solarstromspeicher gefördert um die Netzbelastung zu senken.
Natürlich werden dann auch die Preise von Solarstromspeicher steigen und die Firmen werden  die Förderung abschöpfen.
Also heißt es alle Firmen, die Speicher bauen werden deutlich mehr verdienen.
Wer jetzt nicht investiert wird leer ausgehen.
Dies soll aber keine Kaufaufforderung sein sondern meine persönliche Meinung.  

http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/...te-and-robex/1002298339/