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North American graphite miners are lobbying the US government to impose a 25% tariff on three graphite products sourced from China in order to counter Beijing's monopoly on a key material used in automobile batteries. If successful, the move will pit the miners against their main customers- the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and add to tensions with China, which controls the majority of the critical metals used in the world's electric vehicles and other motors. The U.S. government is set to decide in May whether to bring graphite into the list of minerals that attract the ...

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China, the world's largest graphite producer and exporter, will require export permits as of Dec. 1 for some graphite products, including spherical graphite used by electric vehicle makers. Syrah, which has a supply deal with Tesla, mines graphite at its Balama operations in Mozambique and is building a plant in Louisiana where it will produce active anode material (AAM) for batteries.

Japan's Subaru is working with suppliers to decrease risks related to procuring materials used in electric-vehicle batteries, it chief executive said on Wednesday, as automakers grapple with China's move to curb exports of graphite. China, the world's largest producer and exporter of the key material used in EV batteries, will require export permits as of Dec. 1 for some graphite products, a regulation experts say could push automakers to develop alternative sources and materials.

With an apparent monopoly on graphite, China is imposing export permits on the essential material. So how does this material supply change affect EV consumers?