Graphite production Data Source: Industrial Minerals’ Natural Graphite Report 2012 Vein Graphite • Purest form in nature • Large single crystals • Purity: 95 – 98% C • Sri Lanka – world’s only mine • Occurs in large lumps • <1% of world output Top vein producers 1. [...] Graphite production Data Source: Industrial Minerals’ Natural Graphite Report 2012 Flake Graphite • High quality, quite common • Occurs as small flakes, specs • Purity: 85-95% C •49% of world graphite output Top flake producers 1. [...] Graphite production Data Source: Industrial Minerals’ Natural Graphite Report 2012 Amorphous (micro-crystalline) • Low quality, common • Associated with coal mines (meta-coal) • Purity: 70-85% C • Biggest producers: China, Mexico • 50% of world graphite output Top amorphous producers 1. [...] Graphite production Data Source: Industrial Minerals’ Natural Graphite Report 2012 Production market share Top Producers Share of supply y-o-y direction • China: dominates world supply 80% • Brazil: world’s biggest outside China 8% • India: modest flake graphite producer 4% • North Korea: supplier to the Chinese 3% • Canada: only miner in North America 2% Source: Industrial Minerals’ Natural Graph. [...] How is Graphite produced? To market To market Data Source: Industrial Minerals’ Natural Graphite Report 2012 China Data Source: Industrial Minerals’ Natural Graphite Report 2012 Picture: Simon Moores .
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