NextSource’s SuperFlake® graphite concentrate has been independently tested and verified by major manufacturers and end-users of graphite products. It meets or exceeds the performance & quality criteria required for all top demand markets and applications for natural flake graphite – refractories, anode material for lithium-ion batteries, specialty graphite foils and graphene inks for coatings and substrate applications.
Graphite’s Top Demand Markets
Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Steel Making / Refractories
Fire Resistant Material
Graphene Inks
Expanded Graphite Foils
SuperFlake® graphite concentrate can achieve 98% carbon (C) purity across all flake size distributions with simple flotation alone, can be easily upgraded to 99.97% battery grade purity, has an exceptional thermal expansion coefficient that’s well above the global average, and contains no deleterious substances.
Independent test results from end-users and off-takers have confirmed that SuperFlake® graphite concentrate has excellent flake size distribution.
Specifically, 47% of SuperFlake® graphite concentrate is classified as small flake size that is used in the production of lithium-ion batteries for EVs.
OUR PRODUCTS
| Product Mix | Mesh Size | % Distribution | Product Grade (% Carbon) |
Applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumbo | +48 | 23% | 96%-97% | Steelmaking (refractories, castings, foundries), Graphite foils (automotive and chemical gaskets). Graphene (additive in material substrates, inks). |
| Large Flake | -48 to +80 | 23% | 96%-97% | Steelmaking (refractories, castings, foundries), Graphite foils (automotive and chemical gaskets). Graphene (additive in material substrates, inks). |
| Medium Flake | -80 to +100 | 7% | 96%-97% | Steelmaking (refractories, castings, foundries), Graphite foils (automotive and chemical gaskets). Graphene (additive in material substrates, inks). |
| Small Flake | -100 | 47% | 96%-98% | Lithium-Ion batteries, Steelmaking (carbonizer), Graphene (additive in material substrates, inks). |
CSPG
CSPG (Coated Spheronized Purified Graphite) is used in the production of lithium-ion battery anodes. NextSource can provide cell manufacturers and OEMs with a complete and proven anode solution using feedstock and value-added processing independent of the Chinese supply chain.
CSPG is made from flake graphite concentrate such as those produced at the Molo Mine. NextSource’s Battery Anode Facility (BAF) will use established Intellectual Property licensed from leading international producers to meet stringent product quality requirement.
CSPG is the final form of natural graphite required for use in lithium-ion batteries and is the graphite product that OEMs wish to source directly.
NextSource has an exclusive licence to best-in-class processing IP for spheronized, purified graphite (SPG) that is currently used in multiple automotive (OEM) supply chains (Tesla and Toyota) and for a verified coating IP to produce coated SPG (CSPG).
