NMG’s commercial-scale all-electric facilities are forecasted to produce coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG) – an anode material for lithium-ion batteries – with a global warming potential (GWP) of 1.23 kg carbon dioixde-equivalent per kilogram, an impact up to 92% less than that of benchmarked production.
NMG mandated CT Consultant, an LCA practitioner, to carry out the assessment for its graphite-based materials to obtain an assessment as it advances commercial discussions.
Delving into the projected production system for a vertically integrated value chain, the study examined the impacts on climate change, freshwater acidification, terrestrial acidification, freshwater eutrophication, marine eutrophication, photochemical oxidant formation and ozone layer depletion of five graphite-based products.
The LCA established an inventory of flows to and from nature by combining primary and secondary data collected for each…
