HFfree® Purification of Spherical Graphite (SPG) to Produce Purified SPG
The Company is developing a battery anode material business that will provide a new supply of high quality purified spherical graphite for the high growth lithium-ion battery market, using its HFfree® purification process developed in Australia and Germany. The EcoGraf HFfree® purification process has been refined through extensive testing and analysis conducted by EcoGraf in Australia, Europe and Asia, with the Company also lodging patents and trademarks in key global lithium-ion battery markets.
Using its environmentally superior purification technology, the Company will upgrade the flake graphite to produce 99.95%C high performance battery anode material to supply electric vehicle, battery and anode manufacturers in Asia, Europe and North America as the world transitions to clean, renewable energy.
Multiple localised purification hubs in key global battery markets
Purification can then be performed in smaller plants located near our customers in EV and battery manufacturing hubs around the world. This is exactly what our customers are looking for to secure their supply chains and in some cases are essential to secure subsidies.
EcoGraf is currently scoping potential locations for commercial scale and has built a Product Qualification Plant in Perth to support optimisation and de-risk the process.
Product Qualification Facility (PQF)
The PQF has been successfully commissioned will move to the operational campaign stage, operating continuously on a 24 hour basis. Successful completion of the PQF will serve to validate the EcoGraf HFfree® purification process for commercial scale production, provide product samples for potential customers and support funding processes.
Additionally, the technical data generated will be pivotal for the preparation of engineering inputs into single stage commercial scale facilities and subsequent location studies with prospective lithium-ion battery and electric vehicle manufacturers in Europe, North America and Asia.
Quality Graphite with a Low Carbon Footprint
Quality is fundamental to competitive graphite supply, which it has in common with all industrial minerals. It not only guarantees high quality end products, but also minimises production and processing costs all the way from the mine face to the final product.
Our team is fully focused in maximising these advantages, streamlining our whole mining and processing chain so that our final products, including the much in demand battery anode material, is produced with the highest quality at the lowest cost and lowest carbon footprint.
Product Marketing and Development
The Company is continuing its working relationship with a range of prospective battery anode and EV/HEV auto OEM customers in North America, Asia and Europe. The Company continued to evaluate coating technologies for production of active anode material for cell manufacturing for lithium-ion batteries and has provided its HFfree® proprietary purified uncoated spherical graphite (SPG) product samples for trial anode coating programs.
