Clean Carbon
Black Fuel May Drive a Green Future
By Greg Klein
According to environmentalists, a low-carbon economy will be integral to a green future of electric vehicles and clean energy. Paradoxically, however, many analysts, explorers, miners—and especially the market—believe that future will rely on a vastly increased supply of one form of carbon: graphite. “The historic uses for graphite are still growing,” says Ryan Fletcher, a director at Zimtu Capital Corp TSXV:ZC. “But new uses are putting incremental demand on the market.”
Graphite, a carbon allotrope, can be considered coal at its highest grade and a cousin to diamonds. It is used most widely to create extremely heat-resistant coatings for steel manufacturing equipment, as well as an additive in steel itself. Among other uses, it’s also found in brake linings, gaskets and clutches, golf clubs and tennis rackets and, under the alias of “lead,” it’s the key component in pencils.
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