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Yawn.
Hey dont get overly excited over today's performance!
The african mines have no refinery no processing mills. Where are they going to do all this and where is this going to be shipped. Africa is not your most friendly mining jurisdiction.
They dont have offtakes. doesnt matter how much graphite you have. It's all about who you know and what you know. and that's where Focus/Grafoid come into play.
I will be attending the graphene conference next week. I will keep you updated on What Gary Economo's and Gordon Chiu's presentation.
http://www.graphenecanada2015.com/GC/index.php
money back? what world do you live in? you think when you bought into this there was a refund policy like at TOYS R US. BE SERIOUS PLS.
That's right. C'mon Stevie boy show us the money.
Big Texas style!
Hi
Do you have an idea of how our shares will de dispersed?
They are deep in the game the rest are following or emulating.
Thats right pistol Pete Start shooting this up.
Thats right
Steeve shoot some of dem dors!
Dear Shareholders and Friends,
We thought you might be interested in a presentation given by Gary Economo today, September 25 2015, at the Objectif Nord Conference in Montreal. Please see below for the full speech:
Good afternoon.
My name is Gary Economo and I am President and Chief Executive Officer of Focus Graphite – the owner of the Lac Knife flake graphite project near Fermont.
I am also a Founding Partner and CEO of Grafoid Inc., a private company engaged in graphene production and application development.
It’s a pleasure to be invited to the eighth edition of the Objectif Nord Conference. It’s also an honor for us to be part of the Plan Nord initiative and the Quebec government’s drive for continued sustainable economic development.
The last time we presented here in Montréal was at the re-launch of Plan Nord in April.
At that time we presented our Lac Knife project and outlined our progress towards the goal of taking the Lac Knife project from resource development through to commercial production.
We also announced the launching of an industrial project feasibility study for a transformation plant project to produce value-added graphite products, in accordance with the government’s position regarding transformation of mine products within Québec.
Today, my talk is about the global trends taking place in our industry and how Focus Graphite and Grafoid Inc. are building a broad technology alliance to meet the challenges of a changing world.
We believe Focus Graphite’s long-held business strategy within the alliance will have a long-term, positive impact on and in Québec and, in export markets.
Grafoid Inc., Stria Lithium Inc. and Focus Graphite Inc. form an inter-connected business alliance built upon technology materials needed to supply the green technology revolution.
Focus Graphite’s Lac Knife project is the standalone natural graphite project.
Stria Lithium, the lithium development company, is developing a process that could potentially reduce the cost of producing lithium.
Grafoid Inc., the graphene production and graphene application development company, is an industry leader in the race for graphene’s industrial commercialization.
Grafoid forms the core of the global business alliance built upon a unique Quebec graphite source.
Together, graphite, graphene and lithium form three of the fundamental building blocks of today’s and tomorrow’s applications for the green revolution.
Together, they combine to provide the material chemistries for high energy, quick-charge, long-lasting batteries, and; composite polymers for lighter and stronger automotive and aerospace components.
A World in Change
A global revolution is occurring in the world of advanced material technologies.
The revolution I’m talking about is more than “sustaining innovation” that simply improves existing products.
I’m talking about “disruptive innovation.”
And that is: harnessing new technologies, developing new business models and exploiting old technologies in new ways.
For example, established companies face the dilemma of choosing between holding onto an existing market by doing the same thing a bit better, or;
Capturing new markets by embracing new technologies and building new business models for products and services.
Business innovation is re-shaping the commercial landscape. For example:
Craigslist and Kijiji have revolutionized classified ads
Skype video calling has replaced long-distance telephone calls
iTunes and Spotify are replacing record stores and radio listening
Google has become a research library at your fingertips
Amazon and eBay have forced major retail chains to compete online for customers, and Uber has revolutionized the global taxi industry, to name but a few.
These are the types of market dynamics that we are living with and have to meet, in our view, to be in business.
For the industrial minerals sector and more specifically, the technology metals mining sector, it is no longer good enough to dig a commodity and sell it.
You also need to twin mining with innovation and technology to be part of a value-added chain with your client partner, and you must be willing to adapt and change with the market.
Look at how Elon Musk has positioned his companies in the marketplace.
It’s not about current sales of Tesla S model. It’s about what and where the markets will be in five years time.
Mr. Musk employs disruptive innovation and new business models to radically change the market. He challenges convention.
Tesla is focusing on discussions with mining development companies about securing access to future sources of materials for their batteries.
Their recent lithium supply contracts with Bacanora Minerals and Pure Energy Minerals demonstrated they are prepared to shake up the lithium market by leaping over established players by committing to junior miners, not yet in production.
But more, within Tesla’s business model, companies exchange knowledge around materials and manufacturing techniques.
Musk’s businesses are interconnected over both the short term and the long term.
Tesla makes battery packs that Solar City can then sell to end customers.
Solar City supplies Tesla’s charging stations with solar panels, helping Tesla to provide free recharging to its drivers.
So, how do changing markets relate to Focus Graphite?
Quite simply, it puts us in a good position. This is precisely how Focus has positioned itself to succeed.
Tesla remains the poster child for change in carbon technologies.
The value added graphite, lithium and other battery material producers the end-users choose as their supply partners will become the preeminent investment targets in today’s market.
And Focus Graphite, like all junior North American graphite developers is vying for that coveted industry acclaim.
A Winning Strategy
Focus Graphite’s long-standing, strategic business positioning aims to secure customers, capture markets, and create new markets through an early investment in new carbon technologies.
Coincidentally, our strategy dovetails with Québec’s intentions to reduce CO2 emissions to electrify its transportation sector.
The maxims we’ve followed since we formed the company have put us where we are today:
We believed we had to become a technology-focused mining company – not simply a commodity seller
We believed we had to be thinking five years down the road if we wanted to be in business
We believed we had to mitigate the risks by always giving ourselves options
And, we believed we had to be part of a larger enterprise to be able to be a force in the changing markets
Those strategic investments in technology innovation, I might add, came at a time when the graphite mining industry as a whole, saw no profit or justification in pursuing future markets.
Today, I had the great pleasure to announce that Focus Graphite and Grafoid executed two definitive sales and purchase agreements – or offtake agreements – amounting to significant sales of Lac Knife’s future production.
Focus now has signed a total of 3 offtake agreements.
The first offtake agreement, or “Graphene Offtake ” commits Grafoid to acquire, at its discretion, up to an annual maximum of 1,000 tonnes of high-purity, 98.3 % carbon, +80 mesh large flake graphite concentrate annually from the Lac Knife Project for 10 years or about 6.8% of the projected annual high-purity, large flake concentrate production.
The second offtake agreement or "Polymer Offtake" commits Grafoid to acquire, at its discretion, up to 25,000 tonnes of 97.8% carbon purity graphite concentrate annually from the Lac Knife Project for 10 years, representing up to 56.4% of the projected total annual concentrate production of 44,300 tonnes from all flake sizes.
More, however, these agreements bring $2 Million in option payments over the next two years, and potential long-term revenues.
That said, Focus anticipates further announcements that will secure Québec’s place as a leading source for technology grade graphite in the future.
Let me say now with certainty that Focus Graphite accepted some risk by staying the course in our visionary business strategy.
My aim today is to highlight the inter-connected global business platform created by the partnership of Focus Graphite and Grafoid as a first in the mining development sector.
It holds the potential for Québec to advance its interests in graphene-related technology development and manufacturing and I’ll expand my comments on that shortly.
Let’s talk about some realities of the current global commodities downturn.
The reality for the graphite-mining sector is that long-term prosperity will not come from traditional markets, but from investments in innovation that meet future market demand.
The reality is that we positioned ourselves - in spite of what some market analysts believed to be a fool’s errand – to be one step ahead of the global technological change occurring now.
Focus Graphite finds itself in a winning business situation because we positioned ourselves exactly in the context of meeting the demands of future markets.
We saw where the market was headed and we have persevered.
Investing in Innovation
We saw the potential of investing in innovation. And by that I mean not only scientific innovation, but business innovation.
Focus remains the largest single investor in Grafoid Inc.
That investment has led to Grafoid’s diverse approach to research and development of industrial scale applications and has relationships with large multinational corporations such as Hydro-Québec.
This is a relationship that underscores the importance of Focus Graphite’s Lac Knife’s development.
Grafoid and IREQ, Hydro-Québec’s renewable energy research institute have patented a graphene-lithium-iron-phosphate chemistry for quick-charging, long-life batteries.
The Government of Canada recognized Grafoid’s need for a scalable, automated graphene production facility and has provided the company with an $8.1 million grant to be applied to its development.
Grafoid’s Graphene offtake agreement with Focus Graphite will ensure the security of graphite supply for the graphene used by Hydro-Québec’s battery manufacturing customers for the foreseeable future.
I mentioned a few moments ago the potential for Québec to advance its interests in graphene technology development.
During the last 48 months, the pace of growth and expansion of Grafoid’s business development has been extraordinary.
Graphene demand from our customers, application development partners and future licensees requires us to expand our technology production and manufacturing facilities.
It makes both logistical and practical sense for us to look at building some if not all of those facilities in Quebec.
Grafoid is currently looking at a variety of locations along the St. Lawrence River to set up various industrial processing facilities for a number of products and applications.
They include:
a graphene production facility
a lithium processing facility in partnership with Stria
a solar energy system manufacturing facility
a graphene-coated aluminum processing facility
a graphene polymer manufacturing facility, and;
supporting facilities
And, as we announced in April this year, consideration of plans by way of a feasibility study, for Focus Graphite to construct a standalone industrial transformation plant.
This plant is intended to produce value-added graphite products such as spherical graphite and expanded graphite.
The world is in a state of technological change.
For Focus Graphite, that change is represented in the electric vehicle and energy storage commodity supply chains that are about to be swept up in the greatest technological change of our time.
Recent announcements by Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Toyota as well as a number of new China based electric vehicle companies indicate those automakers are planning to move to large scale production of electric vehicles – effectively looking to capture market share from Tesla.
As a start-up mining development company in 2010, we were the first junior miner to build a visionary technology mission into our corporate thinking and into our operations.
Today, we have secured three offtake agreements and more are under discussion.
Focus Graphite is contributing to diversify the resource base for Plan Nord’s development.
We have also earned the support of the community of Fermont and the Regional Municipality of Caniapiscau, but in particular; Focus sees our pre-development agreement for social and economic partnership with the Innu First Nation in Sept-Iles as the starting point for long-term success through mutual cooperation.
Summary and Conclusion
Let me return now to provide you with a summary of key milestones leading to what I believe put Lac Knife in contention to become the first graphite mine to come into production under Plan Nord.
First, Lac Knife’s graphite deposit holds unique characteristics in terms of grade and concentrate purity.
Having high grade Mineral Reserves at 15% graphitic carbon leads to production cost savings, while high purity concentrates demand higher prices and generate higher margins.
In 2014 the Lac Knife Feasibility Study indicated that our project has the potential to become a low-cost, high-margin graphite concentrate producer with a cost of $441 per tonne of graphite concentrate, and; a forecasted sale price of US$1,713 per tonne of graphite concentrate at an average of 98% carbon purity.
I should mention that a key component of Lac Knife’s low production costs is access to low cost, environmentally sustainable hydroelectric power from Hydro-Québec - a major factor in our total operating costs.
In May 2014, Focus Graphite announced the potential for selling to the higher margin value added markets, more specifically the lithium-ion battery sector, following battery coin cell tests performed on spherical graphite (SPG) produced from the Lac Knife graphite concentrate.
In April this year, we initiated an industrial project feasibility study for a graphite concentrate transformation facility in conformance with the new Québec Mining Act.
This requires that an application for a mining lease be accompanied by a scoping and market study regarding the transformation of mine products in the province.
In the proposed industrial transformation plant, the graphite concentrate from Lac Knife or other sources will undergo purification, shaping, and classification into spherical graphite for batteries with grades greater than 99.95% carbon purity.
The Lac Knife mine project permitting process is underway with the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment filed with the government in December, 2014.
Our business today is focused on concluding our Lac Knife Project financing discussions and front end detailed engineering required for mine permitting, in preparation for the EPCM phase of the project.
With three offtake commitments in hand we see our overall long-term business strategy unfolding as planned.
We see future benefits to the communities of Fermont, and to our partners in the Innu community.
And we see our Lac Knife Project helping to diversify the economy of the local Côte-Nord region as the next supplier of high quality graphite, a niche yet critical mineral in the global marketplace.
Thank you.
Q is for quantum
T is for tetrapod
M is for magnificent
M is for money$$$
Nio he just said he drove buy office in parc -ex and says it smelled of curry.
Not to downplay AND with All due respect grafoid is on another lèvel
You see the focus/grafoid umbrella paved the way for others to follow.
Albeit unconventional In their approach we can totally agree that they are not a one trick pony.
Hi
They made several acquisitions through the year. Notably Ames rubber Corp. why would they make such a bold statement ? They could of been more modest about the numbers..... If they do release numbers like that in final quarter it's going to really set them apart from the rest.
Nicely written
Hi
I have held lomiko for over 4 years.. the story is nice and all and a little too similar to Grafoid's. They are all talk on tech side with their graphene spinoff company but on the mining side of lomiko they are not advanced at all. there will be only a few graphite mines that will get financing in the next few years and I`m not sure if lomiko will be a finalist to this rat race. I've been told CEO is a promoter. SP is stuck and is not moving because nothing is happening on the mining side.
thats my opinion, Im holding to it becuase I bought so cheap and at large quantities could make a nice return anything above 4 cents....
good luck to you.
It trades like a penny stock
Amazing I bought when the U.S. Dollar was at all time low
It's all $$$ for me here
Grafoid will soon announce major revenue they said 100 million for 2015
I sincerely hope it's 100 million as stated by the CEO in many interviews.
That said, with their worldwide networks working relentlessly
The day Grafoid goes/if public with all that revenue. They will practically be able to finance in part the mine. Becoming part owners of focus. That's one of my theory's
Is CVD Equipment (CVV) a Graphene Investment?
September 13, 2013 By Nanalyze 4 Comments
http://www.nanalyze.com/2013/09/is-cvd-equipment-a-graphene-investment/
In an earlier article we discussed an amazing material called graphene and looked at several companies that have been said to provide exposure to the graphene story; Graftech and Graphene Nanochem. One other company that is discussed as a play on graphene is CVD Equipment, a company that offers a range of chemical vapor deposition and gas control equipment.
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About CVD
Founded in 1982, New York based CVD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ:CVV) has 180 employees and a current market cap of 72 million. Revenues for the past five years are seen below:
CVV_Revenue
With 8 consecutive years of profitability, the company has provided shareholders with a return of over +180% in the past 5 years. The decrease in revenue and backlog for 2012 is mainly attributed to the disruption caused by their move into a larger production facility. The company provides a revenue breakdown between their CVD and Gas Control divisions which represent about 80% and 20% of total revenues respectively.
What is Chemical Vapor Deposition?
Chemical Vapor Deposition or CVD is a method of applying a very thin layer of material on to a surface. For example, a company we highlighted earier, P2i, uses this method to apply their nano polymer to shoes, phones, and many other products to make them waterproof. CVD has applications in coatings, semiconductors, solar cells, nanomaterials, LEDs, and many more. In 2008/2009 CVD was first used to produce graphene.
CVD Equipment and Graphene
In 2005, the Company aquired FirstNano giving them turn-key CVD systems for nanotechnology, solar, semiconductor and MEMS applications. Through this subsidiary, CVD offers the following products and services related to Graphene:
CVDGraphene™ Services
A fully equiped application lab which can be rented and comes with scientists for an additional fee. The lab is currently being used by several startups as an incubator of sorts.
CVDGraphene™ Materials
The Company offers several “starting” graphene products that are suitable for initial R&D applications and IP developments as a low cost starting point for academic researchers and exploration R&D projects.
CVDGraphene™ Turn-Key Equipment and Manufacturing
Several Easytube CVD systems are offered for the production of graphene. The various components of the CVD system can be purchased individually or as a turn-key solution.
The Company has also signed join IP development agreements with privately held companies Graphene Batteries and Grafoid.
Competitors
While the company may have potential as a provider of CVD systems for the production of graphene, they aren’t the only ones playing in this space. There are larger companies such as Aixtron and Veeco who compete in the CVD area with market caps of $1.7 and $1.4 billion respectively. Startup PlanarTech recently delivered a CVD machine for graphene production to 2-DTech Limited, a subsidiary of the University of Manchester where graphene was discovered. Another University of Manchester spinout, Graphene Industries, claims to produce the world’s highest quality graphene and uses deposition equipment from Lesker and also Moorefield’s nanoCVD equipment. According to the Photonics Buyers Guide, there are a total of 42 companies selling CVD equipment.
Intellectual Property
Since the company provides CVD machines that can produce graphene as many other companies do, and produces graphene for purchase as a number of other companies do, any sustainable competitive advantage should be supported by intellectual property or strong expenditures in R&D. The company currently values their intellectual property portfolio at around $41 thousand. Only last year the company expanded their laboratory staff and began conducting R&D independently of which incurred costs of $389,000.
CVV may be a good company to invest in for other reasons, however the Company’s ability to provide investors immediate pure play exposure to the graphene story is questionable. However, with the company’s stated commitment to the future of graphene in their investor presentations, it certainly merits watching.
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Tom Blakeslee says
September 15, 2013 at 3:27 pm
CVV is the only stock with a real, profitable business in graphene that isn’t so big that it gets lost. They have wisely used the semiconductor equipment sales slump to regroup and are now positioned to benefit from the explosive growth to come.
Several mining stocks have tied themselves to graphene as a hot story to pump their stock but I don’t think we will need to mine graphite for most applications. One layer of atoms isn’t much carbon. CVV’s equipment uses natural gas (methane) as a source of carbon. Very cheap and available.
The killer app will be supercapacitors, so I also bought MXWL, the leader in that industry. They have been doing joint research with UCLA and Nanotec on using graphene.
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Nanalyze says
September 16, 2013 at 7:27 am
Thank you for your thoughts Tom. Indeed there will be many companies attempting to use the word “graphene” to pump themselves whether maliciously or not and its equally useful to investors to expose the bad along with the good. One mining stock I’m sure you’re aware of is Focus Graphite with their ownership stake in Grafoid. Will look to profile them in the future. Will also look into MXWL as I was unaware they were doing graphene research. Appreciate the input!
Lars
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Ass. Proff. E. Mateev says
July 24, 2014 at 1:26 am
Our institute is looking to bye CVD equipment for graphen deposition
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Hi
first off. ben's is a c%?k sucker he writes piece of sh%T articles like that left right and center. Now that's off my chest. Sorry about that.
While everyone else is sitting on a pile graphite. Focus has set the business model for others to follow. Dont forget that. there's a price to pay to be unconventional and to be the pioneer.
Now that said, through Grafoid, their sister company they are working on
mass production of graphene. bought several companies to combine mesograf with existing applications. I could go on. the have federal and provincial backing in Canada. If grafoid does well focus will also. you see the bankers are careful the graphite business model is new to many. Some dont even know what graphene is or its capabilities.
I attended The lates Grafoid AGM and all I can say if things go through as mentioned we will be more than ok.
the lawsuits are behind us did you see the 8ks last week?
now we can focus on a 40-50 million dollar year.
That's your opinion as for Ben he is for sure sleeping with a competitor.
Why take a loss when focus has the biggest potential of all of them.
Mark my words if focus can't succeed
In this climate none of them will.
Braille Battery which is owned by Grafoid has new lithium light aircraft battery
https://www.braillebattery.com/index.php/braille/articles/new_lithium_batteries_for_light_sport_aircraft
NEW Lithium Batteries for Light Sport Aircraft
NEW Lithium Batteries for Light Sport Aircraft - as seen at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Air Show
To be VP of a disruptive company like QTMM in Austin Texas would be in many's wildest dreams.
As a shareholder of long date. I'll keep my shares and see them converted into millions one day thanks TO our Master Planner SS.
All Hail QTMM.
ok for the record
I'm claiming that we have the worlds most superior dots.
go QTMM
Gordon Chiu (Grafoid Inc., Canada) – Keynote
Zaragoza (Spain) will host the 1st edition of the graphIn International Workshop (Graphene Industry – Challenges & Opportunities): December 03, 2015 - www.phantomsnet.net/graphin
This 1 day workshop aims at presenting the current state of the art and the opportunities of graphene-based materials and devices and its industrial challenges and opportunities, focusing on the most recent advances in technology developments and business opportunities in graphene commercialization. Key representatives of “graphene companies” will share their market vision and business opportunities in diverse current market fields of graphene products and applications, such as construction, energy, bio&heath or electronics.
This unique international event will provide a forum for sharing and developing innovations for the functional materials industries. The aim of this workshop will be to develop the relationships that will accelerate graphene industrial growth.
To foster discussion and future collaborations between participants, 4 working groups will be organized during the afternoon (Energy / Applications / Production / Bio&Health). Conclusions of each WG will be presented during the round table ending the workshop.
Confirmed Speakers (as of 10/09/2015):
Laurent Baraton (Engie CRIGEN, France) – Keynote
Iñigo Charola (Graphenea, Spain) – Invited
Gordon Chiu (Grafoid Inc., Canada) – Keynote
Roberto Clemente (Gnanomat, Spain) – Invited
Julio Gomez (Avanzare, Spain) – Invited
Iban Larroulet (Sensia, Spain) – Invited
Cesar Merino (Grupo Antolin Ingenieria, Spain) – Invited
Samson Patole (Tata Steel Research & Development, UK) – Keynote
How to join:
Attendee or exhibitor: www.phantomsnet.net/GRIN/GRINWreg.php
Oral contribution: www.phantomsnet.net/GRIN/GRINWabs.php
Sponsor: www.phantomsnet.net/GRIN/GRINWsponsors.php
More information: www.phantomsnet.net/graphin
graphIn 2015 organizers
Gordon Chiu (Grafoid Inc., Canada) – Keynote
Zaragoza (Spain) will host the 1st edition of the graphIn International Workshop (Graphene Industry – Challenges & Opportunities): December 03, 2015 - www.phantomsnet.net/graphin
This 1 day workshop aims at presenting the current state of the art and the opportunities of graphene-based materials and devices and its industrial challenges and opportunities, focusing on the most recent advances in technology developments and business opportunities in graphene commercialization. Key representatives of “graphene companies” will share their market vision and business opportunities in diverse current market fields of graphene products and applications, such as construction, energy, bio&heath or electronics.
This unique international event will provide a forum for sharing and developing innovations for the functional materials industries. The aim of this workshop will be to develop the relationships that will accelerate graphene industrial growth.
To foster discussion and future collaborations between participants, 4 working groups will be organized during the afternoon (Energy / Applications / Production / Bio&Health). Conclusions of each WG will be presented during the round table ending the workshop.
Confirmed Speakers (as of 10/09/2015):
Laurent Baraton (Engie CRIGEN, France) – Keynote
Iñigo Charola (Graphenea, Spain) – Invited
Gordon Chiu (Grafoid Inc., Canada) – Keynote
Roberto Clemente (Gnanomat, Spain) – Invited
Julio Gomez (Avanzare, Spain) – Invited
Iban Larroulet (Sensia, Spain) – Invited
Cesar Merino (Grupo Antolin Ingenieria, Spain) – Invited
Samson Patole (Tata Steel Research & Development, UK) – Keynote
How to join:
Attendee or exhibitor: www.phantomsnet.net/GRIN/GRINWreg.php
Oral contribution: www.phantomsnet.net/GRIN/GRINWabs.php
Sponsor: www.phantomsnet.net/GRIN/GRINWsponsors.php
More information: www.phantomsnet.net/graphin
graphIn 2015 organizers
Graphene fuel cell electric supercar planned to take on Ferrari
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2015/sep/edison-electron-one.cfm
1 September 2015 By Tereza Pultarova
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The newly developed electric super-car will supposedly exceed some of the capabilities of the acclaimed Tesla P85D
The newly developed electric super-car will supposedly exceed some of the capabilities of the acclaimed Tesla P85D
An electric supercar powered by a graphene-based hydrogen fuel cell with better performance than a Ferrari is being developed by a newly established consortium.
The car, to be named Edison Electron One, will be the first project of the newly established Edison Motor Cars – a partnership between Sunvault Energy, the Edison Power Company and Delaware Corporation.
The firms said Edison Electron One, to be unveiled in 2016, will be equipped with an electric drive unit at each wheel, providing the vehicle with 1,355 Newton meters of torque, which is almost double that of a Ferrari 488 GTB and one third more than that of the Tesla P85D.
The firms said they are building the car to demonstrate their graphene-integrated hydrogen fuel cell technology.
"The fuel cell will be powered by an on-demand hydrogen generation unit built into the car and will only require water," said Robert Murray-Smith, Director of Sunvault Energy.
The car will be able to accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in about two seconds and will be rechargeable in five minutes, the firms said.
Edison Motor Cars will only make the car available to customers on a special-order basis.
"We are excited to be producing this truly revolutionary automobile that will put our Graphene Energy Storage Device front and centre on the world stage at the simple turn of a key", stated Sunvault Energy Chief Executive Officer Gary Monaghan. "The Electron One will not only be able to challenge any vehicle in performance, but will also be fully flexible, functional and convenient, just as a fuel-filled vehicle is today.”
Editorial: Graphite and REE juniors are suffering, too
http://www.northernminer.com/news/editorial-graphite-and-ree-juniors-are-suffering-too/1003703298/
TEXT SIZE bigger text smaller text By: John Cumming
2015-09-02
While they have a lower profile than the mining companies who are chasing after major commodities like gold, copper and iron, junior companies associated with graphite and rare earth elements have also endured a four-year bear market for their niche commodities, even if the demand trends for both products are encouraging. Graphite juniors are looking to tap into a US$14-billion global market for graphite. While lower-grade graphite has been used for years in the steelmaking industry, new uses for higher-grade — and higher-priced — graphite are being developed in the burgeoning high-value sector of lithium batteries, where graphite is used as a cathode, and in the more speculative realm of the wonder-material graphene, which is a layer of carbon atoms only an atom thick that displays extraordinary strength and a superb ability to conduct electricity, but hasn’t found many uses outside of creating lightweight tennis rackets so far. It’s worth noting it takes 20 to 30 times more graphite than lithium to make lithium-ion batteries, and each hybrid electric car uses about 22 lb. of graphite, while a fully electric car uses about 110 lb. Since 2002, the graphite market has grown at 7.5% per year and is forecast to grow at least 3.7% per year until 2020, when it will be a US$17.6-billion market. By 2020, the graphite-graphene market may well have doubled to 2.6 million tonnes per year. This all sounds wonderful, but the metric not yet mentioned is price. Since the 2011 peak of US$3,000 per tonne for coarse-flake, 94–97% pure graphite, prices have tumbled year after year to just US$1,200 per tonne today. Lower value fine-flake graphite has lost two-thirds of its value over the same period — dropping from US$1,800 per tonne to US$600 per tonne. Depressingly, today’s prices bring graphite prices right back to where they were in 2007, almost as if that glorious boom never happened. And realistically, there’s no short-term price relief in sight. Relatively rare battery-grade graphite, at 99.9% purity, is in a league of its own, recently commanding prices in the range of US$5,000 to US$20,000 per tonne. What’s different now compared to 2007, however, is the bevy of high-quality graphite deposits that have been swiftly developed by dozens of intrepid juniors in Canada, Alaska, Western and South Australia, Scandinavia, Mozambique and Madagascar, which are waiting in the wings to reach the feasibility stage and production. Unlike other subsectors of the mining industry, there has not been a rush to enter production amongst the graphite juniors until a more profitable environment is assured. Technically superb graphite deposits near excellent infrastructure such as the Lac Knife deposit near Fermont, Que., and now in the hands of Focus Graphite, have sat idle or unmined for years, despite studies showing potential for a highly profitable mine. (This could change for Lac Knife, though, with Focus lining up offtake agreements and entering mine financing discussions, on the back of a recent positive feasibility study.) The scene in the rare earth elements subsector is equally hard, with the good work by many juniors in developing complex REE deposits around the world running smack into the wall of collapsing prices for all the various REEs, which make up an even smaller global market than graphite. The REE subsector has already had its sinking of the Titanic, with industry leader Molycorp filing for bankruptcy in June and announcing in late August it would put its massive, state-of-the-art Mountain Pass REE mine and processing plant in California on care and maintenance in mid-October. How the mighty have fallen: In May 2011 at the peak of the REE boom, Molycorp’s market capitalization was US$6.4 billion; Today it’s US$28 million. Bloomberg has reported that Chinese and Japanese firms are looking at buying Molycorp’s better performing REE assets in China and Estonia. Thanks to low production costs that have traditionally put foreign competitors out of business, China still produces 95% of the world’s REEs, while Japanese REE customers always look at lessening their dependence on politically sensitive Chinese supply - See more at: http://www.northernminer.com/news/editorial-graphite-and-ree-juniors-are-suffering-too/1003703298/#sthash.F1B6CkCb.dpuf
Editorial: Graphite and REE juniors are suffering, too
http://www.northernminer.com/news/editorial-graphite-and-ree-juniors-are-suffering-too/1003703298/
TEXT SIZE bigger text smaller text By: John Cumming
2015-09-02
While they have a lower profile than the mining companies who are chasing after major commodities like gold, copper and iron, junior companies associated with graphite and rare earth elements have also endured a four-year bear market for their niche commodities, even if the demand trends for both products are encouraging. Graphite juniors are looking to tap into a US$14-billion global market for graphite. While lower-grade graphite has been used for years in the steelmaking industry, new uses for higher-grade — and higher-priced — graphite are being developed in the burgeoning high-value sector of lithium batteries, where graphite is used as a cathode, and in the more speculative realm of the wonder-material graphene, which is a layer of carbon atoms only an atom thick that displays extraordinary strength and a superb ability to conduct electricity, but hasn’t found many uses outside of creating lightweight tennis rackets so far. It’s worth noting it takes 20 to 30 times more graphite than lithium to make lithium-ion batteries, and each hybrid electric car uses about 22 lb. of graphite, while a fully electric car uses about 110 lb. Since 2002, the graphite market has grown at 7.5% per year and is forecast to grow at least 3.7% per year until 2020, when it will be a US$17.6-billion market. By 2020, the graphite-graphene market may well have doubled to 2.6 million tonnes per year. This all sounds wonderful, but the metric not yet mentioned is price. Since the 2011 peak of US$3,000 per tonne for coarse-flake, 94–97% pure graphite, prices have tumbled year after year to just US$1,200 per tonne today. Lower value fine-flake graphite has lost two-thirds of its value over the same period — dropping from US$1,800 per tonne to US$600 per tonne. Depressingly, today’s prices bring graphite prices right back to where they were in 2007, almost as if that glorious boom never happened. And realistically, there’s no short-term price relief in sight. Relatively rare battery-grade graphite, at 99.9% purity, is in a league of its own, recently commanding prices in the range of US$5,000 to US$20,000 per tonne. What’s different now compared to 2007, however, is the bevy of high-quality graphite deposits that have been swiftly developed by dozens of intrepid juniors in Canada, Alaska, Western and South Australia, Scandinavia, Mozambique and Madagascar, which are waiting in the wings to reach the feasibility stage and production. Unlike other subsectors of the mining industry, there has not been a rush to enter production amongst the graphite juniors until a more profitable environment is assured. Technically superb graphite deposits near excellent infrastructure such as the Lac Knife deposit near Fermont, Que., and now in the hands of Focus Graphite, have sat idle or unmined for years, despite studies showing potential for a highly profitable mine. (This could change for Lac Knife, though, with Focus lining up offtake agreements and entering mine financing discussions, on the back of a recent positive feasibility study.) The scene in the rare earth elements subsector is equally hard, with the good work by many juniors in developing complex REE deposits around the world running smack into the wall of collapsing prices for all the various REEs, which make up an even smaller global market than graphite. The REE subsector has already had its sinking of the Titanic, with industry leader Molycorp filing for bankruptcy in June and announcing in late August it would put its massive, state-of-the-art Mountain Pass REE mine and processing plant in California on care and maintenance in mid-October. How the mighty have fallen: In May 2011 at the peak of the REE boom, Molycorp’s market capitalization was US$6.4 billion; Today it’s US$28 million. Bloomberg has reported that Chinese and Japanese firms are looking at buying Molycorp’s better performing REE assets in China and Estonia. Thanks to low production costs that have traditionally put foreign competitors out of business, China still produces 95% of the world’s REEs, while Japanese REE customers always look at lessening their dependence on politically sensitive Chinese supply - See more at: http://www.northernminer.com/news/editorial-graphite-and-ree-juniors-are-suffering-too/1003703298/#sthash.F1B6CkCb.dpuf
Hi Peter
I think you meant CVD Equipment.
I searched on web and other forums no information yet. this moves up quickly
just found that it was uograded from from sell to hold on the street
TheStreet upgraded shares of CVD Equipment (NYSE:CVV) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday, MarketBeat.com reports.
Shares of CVD Equipment (NYSE:CVV) traded up 0.36% during midday trading on Friday, reaching $11.01. 8,790 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. The firm’s market capitalization is $67.93 million. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $10.87 and its 200 day moving average price is $12.20. CVD Equipment has a one year low of $9.65 and a one year high of $17.00.
CVD Equipment (NYSE:CVV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 13th. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.10. On average, equities research analysts expect that CVD Equipment will post $0.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
CVD Equipment Corporation designs, develops and manufactures customized equipment and process solutions used to develop and manufacture solar, nano and advanced electronic components, materials and coatings for research and industrial applications. The Company offers a range of chemical vapor deposition, gas control and other equipment, which is used by the customers to research, design and manufacture semiconductors, solar cells, smart glass, carbon nanotubes, nanowires, light emitting diodes (NYSE:CVV), micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and industrial coatings, as well as equipment for surface mounting of components onto printed circuit boards. The Company conducts its operations through two divisions: CVD/FirstNano, which includes its First Nano (CVD/FirstNano) and Conceptronic product lines (CVD/Conceptronic); and Stainless Design Concepts (SDC).
That's right between Qtmm and focus graphite $$$$
You are wrong we have a bunch of quantum dot exoert on board here.
They see the future through Qtmm's vastly superior dots.
Many here will come across as brilliant and ahead of their time once SS.unveils his master plan to his faithful longs.
Glta
That's right
It's gonna take the time it takes we've been here for over 4 years we can wait another 4 years.
Know what you own.
Steven will surprise a his faithful investors soon enough.
Qtmm doesn't need 3m
We have bigger fish to fry.
Go Qtmm to Da Moon.
Soon enough SS will surprise all his longtime investors!!!
Amen
To the worlds most superior quantum dots
Go qtmm
All in my opinion of course
Hi
Yes i'm still in the game. The last agm for grafoid the investors were blown away.... if/when grafoid does list its going to be north of 5$ they are in talks with big players. Grafoid will report sales of 100 million
by the end of year as its been said several times on news pieces.
If grafoid does well focus will also....
Canada is in a mini recession, gold is down oil also... its tough times.
I think they can get it done...
Good point about singapore...
but theyalso are working with Hydro quebec one of the worls biggest hydro companies they have a joint battery patent in the works.
they have ties with Mitsui. one of the worlds niggest companies too
Rutgers university.
Canadian government back of 9 million and Quebec gVt backing for lake knife mine in quebec
and I could go on...