May 12, 2022
The war in Ukraine has sharpened the focus on diversifying graphite supply, as the conflict has hindered potential production from Ukraine and Russia and has exacerbated supply chain issues.
Although the war has driven much of that production offline — Volt Resources Ltd.'s Zavalievsky mine in Ukraine has suspended operations, for instance — the world's appetite for the mineral is only growing as electric vehicle sales boom, and demand for graphite, the largest component of EV batteries by weight, is set to expand.
