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Vol. 17, No. 13 Week of March 25, 2012
Providing coverage of Alaska and Northwest Canada's mineral industry


Mining News: Graphite makes its mark on 21st Century

From mundane to miraculous, traditional and emerging uses drive demand for new supplies of the versatile carbon polymer

Shane Lasley

Mining News

Possessing neither the brilliance of diamonds nor the thermal-producing capabilities of coal, graphite is the middle sibling of the carbon family. Until recently, it has largely gotten by on its heat-resistant attributes. Some 70 percent of the 1.1 million metric tons of natural graphite consumed i....

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Pencils and cannonballs

Powerful ingredient

Miraculous graphene


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