What will be the next article about MRL Corporation? Off-take?...

What will be the next article about MRL Corporation? Off-take?


Ten Bagger, Friday 30th January 2015

MRL set for high-grade graphite production by September

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With graphite bursting into fashion last year, there was no shortage of “potentially world-class deposits” rearing their potentially worthless heads.

With big question marks over the grades, the quality and the quantity, not to mention the likely time to production, it seems few of these prospects are yet to establish their bona fides as genuine commercial propositions.

But one of the sector’s lesser-known contenders, MRL Corporation (ASX: MRF), revealed this week that it is fast closing in on first production at its Aluketiya graphite project in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is known to be home to some of the highest-grade graphite deposits in the world, many of which host historic workings and infrastructure.

Aluketiya is one such deposit, with MRL, which is capitalised at just $10 million, preparing to start rehabilitation and construction work on two historic shafts in March. This process is expected to take about two months to complete.

MRL’s commitment to this work came as the company received assays showing Aluketiya samples graded up to 99.3 per cent total graphitic carbon (TGC).

In light of these results, and the limited work needed to get the historic shafts into shape, MRL expects to be in production in the September Quarter of this year.

The assays follow the outstanding results received from key metallurgical testwork, which found that the Aluketiya graphite exceeded the grades required for use in lithium ion batteries.

The lithium battery industry requires premium graphite and therefore brings superior prices. The high-grade Sri Lankan graphite has an advantage in this market because its reduced physical processing requirement and much higher starting TGC purity enables it to achieve a greater recovery rate than most disseminated flake graphite deposits.

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So Much is coming ...

I think we all agree it will be fun to watch!

The part form this I added to my Mind-map was...

"The lithium battery industry requires premium graphite and therefore brings superior prices. The high-grade Sri Lankan graphite has an advantage in this market because its reduced physical processing requirement and much higher starting TGC purity enables it to achieve a greater recovery rate than most disseminated flake graphite deposits."

It makes sense to me that MRL can expect Premium compensation because the demand is there to Supply...


For Example the Above Article I think Covers Many of the Pertinent Data Points:


Graphene breakthrough could trigger electric car revolution: Proton discovery paves way to super-efficient batteries

• Graphene is the world's thinnest and strongest material that is impermeable to atoms and molecules
• Researchers from the University of Manchester were surprised to find that positively charged hydrogen atoms - protons - can pass through it
• Discovery could boost efficiency of fuel cells for cars generating electricity from hydrogen, by using a graphene-based membrane

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2851571/Graphene-breakthrough-trigger-electric-car-revolution-Proton-discovery-paves-way-super-efficient-batteries.html#ixzz3ht2cz3j3 ​

Scientists have discovered a surprising new property of graphene – the world’s thinnest and strongest material – that could accelerate the development of electric cars and other green technologies.

Researchers have found that the newly discovered type of carbon graphite, which is found in pencil lead, allows positively charged hydrogen atoms or protons to pass through it.

Their discovery could increase the efficiency of fuel cells for cars, because the cells generate electricity from hydrogen.



Researchers have found that the newly discovered type of carbon graphite called graphene, which is found in pencil lead, allows positively charged hydrogen atoms or protons to pass through it. An atomic-scale honeycomb lattice made of carbon atoms is pictured

The researchers, led by Nobel Prize winner Sir Andre Geim of Manchester University, who discovered graphene, said their finding raises the possibility that, in future, graphene membranes could be used to ‘sieve’ hydrogen gas from the atmosphere to generate electricity.

This is because the one-atom thick material acts like a filter to allow protons to pass through it, while blocking the passage of other atoms.

The team demonstrated this when they combined the substance with a single-atom material called boron nitride.

Scientists were able collect protons on one side of a membrane, with other blocked atoms accumulated in a chamber.

Using such a membrane, fuel cells could extract hydrogen from the air and burn it in order to power electric cars, which wouldn’t spew out environmentally harmful emissions.



The discovery could increase the efficiency of fuel cells in cars, because the cells generate electricity from hydrogen. While hydrogen is being used to fuel concept cars (pictured) the technology has a distance to go before it is widely commercialized.

USES FOR GRAPHENE


Green technology: Sir Andre and PhD student Lozada-Hidalgo hope that graphene could one day be used in proton-conducting membranes, which are a crucial component of fuel cells, used to power 'green' cars.

They found that graphene membranes could be used to extract hydrogen from the atmosphere, suggesting the possibility of combining them with fuel cells to make mobile electric generators powered just by tiny amounts of hydrogen in the air.

Medicine: Experts say that graphene could be used as a vehicle for delivering drugs to specific sites in the body, which could one day mean new treatments for people with brain conditions, for example.

Transport: Graphene’s strength and lightness makes it an ideal material to incorporate into cars and aeroplanes in a bid to make them safer and more fuel efficient.

Thin coatings: The thin and strong material could also be used to make corrosion-proof coatings, packaging and even super-thin condoms

Electronics: The material conducts electricity efficiently so it could be used to make new types of smartphones and as well as flexible wearable technology.

Purifying water: Scientists are working on using the material as a membrane to separate liquids, so it could one day be used to purify water in areas of the world that do not have access to the essential liquid.

‘We are very excited about this result because it opens a whole new area of promising applications for graphene in clean energy harvesting and hydrogen-based technologies,’ said Marcelo Lozada-Hidalgo, co-researcher on the study.

At just one atom thick, graphene is the thinnest material on Earth and is also 200 times stronger than steel.

It was first isolated in 2004 by Sir Andre and his fellow researchers, who received a Nobel Prize in 2010 for their work.

The material is impermeable to all gases and liquids, giving it the potential for a range of uses such as corrosion-proof coatings, packaging and even super-thin condoms.

The new discovery, published in Nature, came about because the team wanted to investigate whether protons (hydrogen atoms stripped of their electrons) were repelled by the material, which is impermeable to the smallest atom, hydrogen.

They were surprised to find that the protons could pass through the ultra-strong material fairly easily, especially at raised temperatures and if the graphene films were covered with nanoparticles such as platinum, which acted as a catalyst.

Sir Andre and Dr Lozada-Hidalgo hope that graphene could one day be used in proton-conducting membranes, which are a crucial component of fuel cell technology.

Fuel cells, used in some modern cars, use oxygen and hydrogen as fuel and convert the input chemical energy into electricity.

But a major problem is that the fuels leak across the existing proton membranes to reduce the cells' efficiency. This problem could be overcome by using graphene.



At just one atom thick, graphene is the thinnest material on Earth and is also 200 times stronger than steel.

It was first isolated in 2004 by Sir Andre Geim (left) and Dr Konstantin Novoselov (right) who were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010

The team found that graphene membranes could be used to extract hydrogen from the atmosphere, suggesting the possibility of combining them with fuel cells to make mobile electric generators powered just by tiny amounts of hydrogen in the air.

‘Essentially, you pump your fuel from the atmosphere and get electricity out of it,’ Sir Andre said.

‘Our (study) provides proof that this kind of device is possible.’

Dr Sheng Hu, a postdoctoral researcher and the first author in this work, added: ‘Because graphene can be produced these days in square metre sheets, we hope that it will find its way to commercial fuel cells sooner rather than later’.

SCIENTISTS' REACTIONS TO THE DISCOVERY


Milo Shaffer, Professor of Materials Chemistry and co-director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology at Imperial College London, said: 'The report that protons can penetrate atomically thin layers is both exciting and surprising, especially given that the measured activation energies are significantly lower than predicted by theory.'

Dr Gareth Hinds, Electrochemist specialising in fuel cells of National Physical Laboratory, said:

'While there are challenges to overcome in the manufacture of these 2D layers on a practical scale and questions to be resolved over the mechanism of proton transport, this exciting discovery could have a significant impact on a range of technologies in the energy sector. For example, if such a layer could be successfully incorporated between the electrodes of a hydrogen fuel cell, the issue of gas crossover would be completely eliminated, resulting in step changes in power output and stability. This would have major implications for an environmentally-friendly technology on the brink of commercialization.'

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In my opinion MRL Corporation is heading exactly in alignment with a Powerful Tech Driver and that horse is bolting.

What do you think?

Also looking into composites today I think it could be a fast way to Cashflow.

My question is; how will Graphene replace Carbon Fiber?



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DYOR !!!