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http://www.d1ld.com/pingdaoxinwen/show.php?itemid=20533 (2023-09-22)
It's in Chinese, but a good article. China is working on natural graphite for batteries.

Academician Wu Feng said that lithium-ion batteries are one of the most important application areas of graphite, and natural graphite plays a very important role in it. Since artificial graphite is derived from fossil energy, issues such as energy consumption and emissions in its production process have become increasingly prominent. Natural graphite has significant resource advantages in the context of "carbon peaking, carbon neutrality" and dual energy consumption control strategies, and is in line with The concept of green, low-carbon and sustainable development will usher in a period of rapid development as a new low-cost anode material.