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Great Lakes Graphite secures international purchase order

The company has a new client in the Middle East which will use its graphite in the steel industry.
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Great Lakes Graphite is producing micronized graphite at this Matheson mill owned by Northfil Resources Ltd.

Great Lakes Graphite is continuing its momentum, announcing it has received another purchase order for its graphite.

Just a week after announcing it had secured three new purchase orders for 60 tons of micronized graphite — from the same U.S. company that purchased more than 420 tons of the material in 2016 — the company said it has now received an order for synthetic graphite from a company in the Middle East.

The order is for 20 tons of synthetic graphite for use in the steel industry, which the company calls “a new and growing market opportunity.”

“We see this development as a validation of our strategy to target a variety of product segments,” Great Lakes Graphite CEO Paul Gorman said in a release.

“While our sales and marketing efforts have been focused upon North America, we are receiving a growing number of inquiries and sample requests from prospective customers around the world.”

Graphite is used in a range of specialized products, such as lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and fuel cells for energy storage.

The Matheson facility used by Great Lakes Graphite, located east of Timmins, is owned by Northfil Resources Ltd.

Great Lakes Graphite is headquartered in Toronto, but also has an office in Boston, Mass.