May 17, 2013 (Source: Plastic News) -- Ever since it was first separated from graphite in 2004, the possibilities of graphene have proven irresistible to plastics firms looking for composite materials with a greater strength-to-weight ratio (and the advantage of being electrically-conductive) and semiconductor makers looking for a viable alternative to silicon. Graphene is, quite simply, carbon in its strongest,…
May 17, 2013 -- (Source: Marketwired) -- American Graphite Technologies Inc. ("AGIN" or the "Company") (OTCBB: AGIN) (BERLIN: A8G) (WKN:A1KBDQ/ISIN:US02640K1079) is pleased to issue a corporate update in regard to its project with CTI Nanotechnologies LLC ("CTI") CTI reports that it has situated the majority of its equipment at the new R&D/manufacturing facility in Rockingham, Vermont. The facility is currently being readied for…
May 15, 2013 -- (Source: The Hindu) -- Graphene, a one-atom thick lattice of graphite, is a synthetic material with diverse applications ranging from solar cells to diagnostics. It is simple to synthesise and deploy, and allows scientists to manipulate its properties at the atomic level. Its greatest advantage is that it is much more electrically conductive than copper or…
May 14, 2013 -- Inner Mongolia, China (Source: Nasdaq) -- China Carbon Graphite Group, Inc. (OTCBB:CHGI) ("China Carbon" or the "Company"), the largest wholesale supplier of fine-grain and high-purity graphite in China and one of the nation's top manufacturers of carbon and graphite products, today announced the Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Dong Jin as its new Director, effective…
May 14, 2013 (Source: Marketwire) -- Graphite Corp. (OTCQB: GRPH) ("Graphite Corp." or the "Company"), an exploration stage company focused on the evaluation, acquisition and development of domestic graphite mining opportunities, is pleased to welcome Dr. Ian M. Flint to the role of advisory board member. Dr. Flint brings 30 years of experience as a professional engineer, which includes extensive experience in…
May 14th, 2013 -- (Source: Marketwired) -- Energizer Resources Inc. (TSX: EGZ) (OTCBB: ENZR) (FWB: YE5) (“Energizer” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has retained the services of SGS Canada Inc. (“SGS”), in Lakefield Ontario to optimize its metallurgical process for the Molo graphite deposit (“Molo” or the “Project”), located in Madagascar. The Company is confident that flake…
May 14, 2013 (Source: Marketwired) -- Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. ("Zenyatta" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ZEN) is pleased to announce the following significant assay results from the first hole (#10) of the current campaign on the 100% owned Albany (Hydrothermal) Graphite Deposit, located in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Drill hole 10 intersected 360.8 metres ('m') of graphite mineralization from 49.0 m to 409.8 m yielding an average grade…
May 13, 2013 -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (Source: Marketwired) -- Valterra Resource Corporation (TSX VENTURE:VQA)(FRANKFURT:3VA) reports that metallurgical results from continued testing on the +20kg Discovery Zone trench sample from the Bobcaygeon Graphite Project in southern Ontario has produced an ultra-high-purity, fine-flake graphite concentrate of 99.97% C by LOI method. This new analysis represents further refinement and a more robust…
May 13, 2013 (Source: The Newswire) -- Big North Graphite Corp. (the “Company”) (TSXV: NRT) announced today the approval by its board of directors (the “Board”) of an advance notice policy (the “Policy”) on May 7, 2013, which includes, among other things, a provision that requires advance notice be given to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for…
May 13, 2013 (Source: Marketwire) -- Ontario Graphite Ltd. today announced that the Ontario Ministry of the Environment has approved all final operating permits for the re-commissioning of the Kearney Graphite Mine, located in Kearney, Ontario, Canada. The company is now fully permitted and has all required approvals from the Ontario government to begin operation at the mine. Since 2011,…
May 13, 2013 (Source: Marketwire) -- Berkwood Resources Ltd. (the “Company” or “Berkwood”) is pleased to announce that it has received channel sample assay results from its rock sampling program on the Peter Lake Copper Property located near Ste-Anne du Lac, Quebec. Berkwood has also retained the services of ABGéoconseil Inc. to lead the fieldwork programs this summer at the Peter Lake and…
May 10, 2013 -- Calgary, Alberta (Source: Marketwired) -- Paramax Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation" or "Paramax") (TSX VENTURE:PXM.H), a corporation listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange" or "TSX-V"), is pleased to announce further details on the proposed transaction (the "Transaction") between the Corporation and MEGA Graphite Inc. ("MEGA Graphite"), initially announced and described in Paramax's news release dated February…
May 10, 2013 (Source: Economic Times) -- Graphite IndiaBSE -0.89 %reported a net profit of Rs 42 crore for the fourth-quarter (Q4) ended March 31, 2013, compared to a Rs 103 crore net in the corre-sponding quarter previous fiscal. In a media statement issued after its board meeting on Friday, the company stated that operating profit declined to Rs 72 crore…
May 10, 2013 (Source: Nanotech Now) -- Scientists were already aware that graphene, an incredible material formed of a mesh of hexagonal carbon atoms, has extraordinary conductivity, mechanical and optical properties. Now it is possible to give it yet one more property: magnetism, implying a breakthrough in electronics. This is revealed in the study that the Madrid Institute for Advanced…
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