RE: re: Interesting7 Sep 2022 20:13
AIMtodeath - look at many players' plans for developing their Graphite projects - quite often they are laid out in stages to grow in line with demand, firstly, and to take graphite market mechanics into into account as and not to misjudge the market as Syrah failed to do initially. Often studies are done in advance of needing to bring on the second stage(s), so yes, actually it can be easier for a company with a working mine, cash flows, customers familiar with a particular operation's output, and infrastructure already in place to feasibly expand its operation much faster and cheaper than it takes to establish a whole new operation and supporting infrastructure etc: not a crazy concept to wrap one's head around - Jesus wept! Secondly, with graphite, it is not simply a matter of replacing one mine's graphite with another's - there is flake size/mesh distribution, geography, price competition, and yes grade that is all taken into account.
Lastly, wasa we've spoken before on here I think nearly a couple years ago now, and my comment was not a swipe at you, but anyone who really thought construction would have started in May this year, regardless of Ukraine was being foolhardy - what customer qualification had been done, or genuine offtakes arranged or even pilot plant or notice of financing announced to support such a notion is beyond me. Look at the timescales BKT has taken with its customers and the stage it is at.
Not trying to touch any nerves, but it does seem all on both sides of the debate here are a bit touchy today.