Minerals commodity
Graphite
Tanzania (Mahenge, Lindi), Kenya. Natural flake graphite — anode material for Li-ion batteries.
At a glance
- Family
- Critical & Strategic Minerals
- Sector
- Minerals
- HS code
- 2504.10
- Forms
- 2
Traded forms
- Natural Flake Graphite
- Flake graphite for battery anodes and refractories
- Amorphous GraphiteHS 2504.90
- Microcrystalline graphite
Frequently asked
- What is Graphite?
- Tanzania (Mahenge, Lindi), Kenya. Natural flake graphite — anode material for Li-ion batteries.
- Which forms is Graphite traded in?
- Graphite is traded as: Natural Flake Graphite, Amorphous Graphite.
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