Published on 16 Jan 2024 on Oilprice.com · via Yahoo Finance
China’s Export Controls Might Trigger a U.S. Graphite Boom
In the name of “national security”, Beijing has imposed new exports controls on graphite, restricting one of the most critical battery metals to Western markets as China attempts to dominate the global EV market. It’s both a threat and an opportunity. It’s an opportunity if you are a rare graphite processing company with operations in both the U.S. and China.
One of the biggest news pieces on the graphite scene since Beijing’s export restrictions was a proposed SPAC deal in December 2023 that could see Graphex Group (NYSE American: GRFX), with a market cap of $40 million, sell its USA processing business for between $100 million and $200 million. The USA processing business would be spun off as a separate Nasdaq listing.