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Northern Graphite and Partners Launch German-Funded R&D Program
Three Year Program to Develop Cleaner, European Graphite Processing Technology Incorporating Recy...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Northern Graphite and Partners Launch German-Funded R&D ProgramThree Year Program to Develop Cleaner, European Graphite Processing Technology Incorporating Recycled Battery MaterialsPartners include Rain Carbon Germany GmbH, H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH, Friedrich Schiller University Jena1.7 million Euro program funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and EnergyOttawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 2, 2026) - Northern Graphite Corporation (TSXV: NGC) (OTCQB: NGPHF) (FSE: 0NG) (XSTU: 0NG) (\"Northern\") and partners Rain Carbon Germany GmbH (\"Rain\"), H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH and Friedrich Schiller University Jena are pleased to announce the launch of USE-G: Environmentally Friendly and Safe Graphite Extraction for Europe's Battery Industry, a three-year research and development program funded largely by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.The initiative is designed to develop new graphite processing technologies that are cleaner, less energy intensive, and fully independent of Chinese supply chains. The Ministry is contributing €1.14 million toward the total project budget of €1.70 million.Graphite is an essential component of lithium-ion batteries, representing as much as forty percent of the active materials in a typical anode. Today, however, Europe remains almost entirely dependent on China for the purification, coating and shaping technologies required to transform graphite into battery-grade material. USE-G aims to change that by advancing a fully European processing route that includes the purification of natural graphite without the use of hydrofluoric acid, the development of safer and more sustainable coating materials, and the recovery and reuse of graphite from the black mass generated during battery recycling.Under the terms of the program, Northern Graphite will supply the natural graphite required for the project from its producing mine in Canada and, subject to restart, its mine in Namibia, which is currently on care and maintenance, both of which produce graphite certified as suitable for battery applications. At its lab in Germany, Northern Graphite will undertake milling and shaping of the graphite, as well as final battery testing of the processed materials. In parallel, H.C. Starck Tungsten will provide its innovative technology to extract g...