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Tesla supplier warns of graphite supply risk in ‘opaque’ market

Syrah Resources says lack of transparency over pricing in China-dominated market poses challenge for financing

Western supply of graphite will be constrained in the coming decade by the “opaque” market for the key battery material, the world’s largest natural graphite producer outside China has warned.

Shaun Verner, chief executive of Australia’s Syrah Resources, a Tesla supplier that operates a huge mine in Mozambique, said that the graphite market’s lack of transparency over pricing was making bankers hesitant to fund new projects.

“The single biggest impediment to new investment is the opaque nature of the market because to get the commercial debt in place is really challenging,” he added.

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