Battery anode produced from coated Balama spherical graphite
Syrah Resources ASX Announcement 14 January 2015
Highlights:
- Initial feedback from Japanese anode and battery producers indicate that uncoated Balama spherical graphite is of a superior quality than those currently being utilised
- An anode producer has successfully coated Balama spherical graphite and achieved specifications that exceed those of leading Chinese manufacturers
- This anode producer has also successfully produced a lithium (Li) ion battery using Balama natural graphite anodes (produced from coated Balama spherical graphite) for initial test work:
- First discharge capacity of 369.95 milliamphere-hour per gram
- First discharge efficiency of 94.5%
- These above initial results exceed the performance of typical Chinese natural graphite anodes and a leading synthetic graphite anode
- Accordingly, both coated Balama spherical graphite and Balama natural graphite anode have satisfied and exceeds the requirements for computers, communications, consumer and Li-ion battery applications
- These initial coated Balama spherical graphite specifications and test results have been distributed to major battery producers and electric vehicle manufacturers around the world
- Samples of coated and uncoated Balama spherical graphite have also been distributed to some of these parties
- A Preliminary Economic Study for a spherical graphite plant is underway which considers a 25,000 tonne per annum (tpa) scenario in both Mozambique and the United States for a combined production of 50,000 tpa