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",{"type":570,"attrs":746,"content":747},{"textAlign":49},[748],{"text":749,"type":575},"Australia’s Syrah Resources, which mines graphite in Mozambique, said the controls “are expected to result in favourable commercial outcomes in natural graphite sales with ex-China customers due to uncertainty around supply.” ",{"type":570,"attrs":751,"content":752},{"textAlign":49},[753],{"text":754,"type":575},"The controls will increase the focus for anode producers “to secure reliable long-term supply of ex-China natural graphite feed, and are likely to accelerate Syrah’s transition to a higher proportion of natural graphite sales volumes ex-China,” it said. ",{"type":570,"attrs":756,"content":757},{"textAlign":49},[758],{"text":759,"type":575},"While Chinese graphite producers may ramp up exports before the December 1 deadline, this “alone will not alleviate customer concern,” the company said.",{"type":570,"attrs":761,"content":762},{"textAlign":49},[763],{"text":764,"type":575},"Syrah paused production at its Balama mine in Mozambique earlier this summer due to low prices, but restarted the mine for 32 days over September and October, the company said this month. ",{"type":570,"attrs":766,"content":767},{"textAlign":49},[768],{"text":769,"type":575},"It said it had the “capability to return to higher capacity utilisation quickly should natural graphite demand increase further.”","China’s announcement that it will restrict exports on some graphite products starting in December, could lead to a boost in prices for the battery anode material. Companies may look to stockpile supply before the introduction of new export permits. Various traders and flake graphite miners outside of China are already reporting that enquiries for material […]",[772],{"slug":558,"name":559,"content":773},{"job_title":561,"image":774,"bio":564,"linkedin":565},{"filename":563},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"e8cccdbb-7f7e-454c-93d8-15c5a9a82fd4\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[778,781],{"slug":779,"name":780},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals",{"slug":782,"name":783},"graphite","Graphite","private",{"id":49,"alt":613,"name":613,"focus":613,"title":613,"source":613,"filename":786,"copyright":613,"fieldtype":787,"meta_data":788,"is_external_url":51},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/d1c91ea071/bm-nextsource-molo-madagascar.jpeg","asset",{"alt":613,"title":613,"source":613,"copyright":613},"Oct 26, 2023","26th October 2023",[],[],1782484954600]