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Supply Critical Graphite Creating a Sizable Investment Opportunity The global community must have access to graphite supply outside of China. At the moment, China controls 70% to 80% of the world’s graphite supply, according to Northern Graphite. China also makes almost 100% of the graphite anode material critical for lithium batteries and electric vehicles. To secure supply outside of the region, the U.S. and the European Union have named graphite a supply critical material. The US...

(Updated 2/16/2021) With the arrival of a new US presidential administration, companies are anticipating potential shifts in enforcement priorities by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the areas of climate change, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and emerging contaminants and chemical safety. In several areas, there is likely to be a rollback of the rollbacks of environmental rules implemented by the former administration, as well as an increased emphasis on environme...