America’s first synthetic graphite production plantGiven Chinese export restrictions, and the vast potential of the synthetic graphite market, Graphite One is forging ahead with its plans to build America’s first synthetic graphite production plant. The important thing here is security of supply. There is currently no commercial US production of synthetic graphite; to get it, a company would have to buy it from overseas companies such as China’s BTR New Energy Materials and Kuntian New Energy Technology. Other possibilities are Resonac Holdings (Japan) and Norway’s Vianode. Graphite One intends to produce synthetic graphite from scratch, then make bespoke anode materials for their customers. Graphite One’s $325 million from EXIM will be used to manufacture graphite end-products.