Simon Moores

American Resources Principal Daniel McGroarty will speak alongside fellow American Resources expert and Manager for Industrial Minerals Data, Simon Moores, at Industrial Minerals’ 2nd Graphite Conference 2012 in early December.

In light of its traditional uses, its importance for the new Li-ion technology, and the ostensibly endless potential applications for the “new super material graphene,” the international graphite market has seen a boom in recent years. However, with China not only dominating global graphite supply but also holding all of the spherical graphite processing technology, supply issues loom large.

The event, which will take place on Dec. 5 and 6 in London, reflects the growing relevance of graphite, and will address questions “surrounding whether or not graphite can fulfill its predicted potential as one of the most lucrative and highly used minerals of the next decade.”

Click here for more information on the 2nd Graphite Conference 2012.

Graphite’s uses have long been diverse, but, according to the experts at Industrial Minerals Data, the “emergence of the Li-ion battery era” – with Li-ion technology being key to our everyday portable electronic gadgets – has the “potential to turn the industry on its head.” Coupled with the ostensibly endless potential applications for the “new super material graphene,” and with supply challenges looming large, Graphite may just be “the new black.”

A new study by London-based graphite market specialist with Industrial Minerals and American Resources expert Simon Moores entitled “The Natural Graphite Report 2012” reviews “every major graphite producing company around the world, building from the bottom up data and analysis of the industry. It also contains a focus on the commercialisation of graphene, its production and demand potential.”

The geopolitical dimension of resource policy becomes apparent with Graphite, too. As Moores points out, much like in the Rare Earths realm, China not only dominates a disproportionately large share of global graphite supply, it also holds all of the spherical graphite processing technology – with the difference being that the rest of the world has a few years to correct this situation if it wants to avoid a scenario similar to the rare earths crisis.

Click here to access the study ($), and read more about the report in this interview with The Gold Report. Stay tuned for a forthcoming blog post from the author of the report, Simon Moores, himself.

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We’re excited to announce the latest addition to the American Resources panel of issue experts. Simon Moores is manager of the data department at London-based publishing and research house, Industrial Minerals (indmin.com), the world’s leading source for non-metallic minerals pricing and business information. His areas of expertise include global supply and demand issues for strategic [...]

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