KNL Expandable graphite, what do we know about it, page-21

also, one more point to note with respect to graphite is that NO TWO DEPOSITS ARE THE SAME... every deposit is unique on its own.... it is not like gold where once you have a 24 carat gold bar it does not matter where the gold came from and the customer couldn't care less if it was mined in Mali or South Africa or Australia - a gold bar is a gold bar is a gold bar.... BUT graphite is not one such mineral... it does matter where it originated from as the applications would differ based on its origin (and that is why I think KNL has tried to brand its product with the source country so that once the market is mature and these nuances are well understood the buyers know who to ring to get their daily quota of graphite )

so I guess, we could have just one-tenth of mass of what our other African neighbors have but if we tick the boxes in purity, expand-ability, coarseness, melting point to name a few, we could be the toast of the town...

all in all we are in the infancy stage atm with the industrial world dibbling and dabbling with this amazing product and trying to fine tune its process to incorporate this coarse graphite into their modern / futuristic products...

of course, graphite is not a new discovery of the 21st century but the world has moved on from lead pencils a long time ago and these non-Chinese suppliers that we are investing in are on the lookout for the "other" graphite....

just a non-technical rant at the start of the day as the initial post requested - a non-technical discussion...