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  1. [verwijderd] 19 mei 2011 12:37
    Aangezien de vraag naar grafiet in de toekomst zal gaan stijgen heb ik mijn ogen laten vallen op dit canadese bedrijf. Vooral de vraag naar het grafeen wat uit grafiet gewonnen wordt zal komende jaren explosief gaan groeien.

    Focus staat op dit moment op 0.86

    www.focusmetals.ca

    Grafeen is één van de pijlers van nanotechnologie. Het is het dunste materiaal mogelijk en heeft unieke eigenschappen. Maar het grootste stukje grafeen was nooit groter dan enkele micrometers. Tot nu, want wetenschappers hebben voor het eerst grafeen gemaakt dat groot genoeg is om aan een toepassing te denken. Zoals een nieuwe standaard voor het meten van elektrische weerstand.


    Nanotechnologie belooft een scala aan nieuwe, ongekende toepassingen. De een na de andere nieuwe vondst met nanodeeltjes borrelt omhoog. Maar grafeen is pas echt veelbelovend. Sinds de ontdekking ervan in 2004 staat het voortdurend in de schijnwerpers. Zonnecellen, buigzame lcd- en touchscreens, maar vooral een nieuwe standaard in elektronica op de kleinste schaal zijn de grote beloftes.

    www.kennislink.nl/publicaties/toepass...
  2. [verwijderd] 20 mei 2011 23:14
    Vandaag mun stukjes aangekocht van FMS na me goed te hebben ingelezen.

    Vooral dit pb deed mij beslissen om hier in te stappen.

    Focus Metals Forms Graphene Patents and Technologies Joint Venture

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 23, 2011) - Mr. Gary Economo, President and CEO of Focus Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FMS) ("Focus" or the "Corporation"), is pleased to announce its intention to form a U.S.-Canada-Asia joint venture to develop, patents and secure global rights for applications of graphene technologies.

    The new enterprise, to be based in New York City, will be a joint venture between Focus Metals Inc. and its U.S., Canadian and Asian partners. "Focus is bound by a non-disclosure agreement while it negotiates and settles the terms of the joint venture with its joint venture partners."

    Mr. Economo also announced the appointment of Dr. Gordon Chiu who will act as the new venture's Chief Scientist and Managing Director. Dr. Chiu will be responsible for building the new company's portfolio of graphene-based applications, with a particular interest in the development and acquisition of aviation and defence applications.

    Dr. Chiu has 15 years combined experience in biomedical, chemical, cosmetic, medical and technology industries. He worked as a research scientist with Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co., and has a distinguished profile in U.S. markets.

    "This is a significant development for Focus Metals Inc.," Mr. Economo said. "Our global joint venture fits squarely and perfectly with our corporate vision to build commercial value from our graphite processing foundation.

    "The world of scientific research is currently dominated by the development of graphene applications – from electron-microscopic imaging for medical diagnostics, to stealth military applications to nanotechnology-based supercomputers," Mr. Economo added.

    "We see no end to the future of graphene development, and, given our company's source, see a long-term benefit by moving now to capturing ownership of patent values," Mr. Economo said.

    Graphene is a carbon allotrope extracted from graphite. Its superconductive electrical features and super strength are expected to spawn a revolution in new technologies based on a panoply of chemically and naturally-induced by-products.

    Focus Metals Inc. owns one of the world's highest quality, highest concentrations (17%) natural flake graphite at its Lac Knife, Quebec, property.

    Dr. Chiu comments, "Graphene is a form of carbon. As a material it is completely novel – not only is graphene the thinnest material known in science but it is also the strongest. As a conductor of heat, graphene outperforms all currently known materials. It is nearly transparent yet so dense that not even helium, the smallest gas atom, can pass through it. For the layperson, while diamonds are a coveted jewellery allotrope of carbon, graphene is very much the game-changing allotrope of carbon achieving recent accolades such as the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. As a combination, it is potentially more applicable than copper because when graphene is mixed into plastics, the resultant material turns into a conductor of electricity while being more heat resistant and mechanically robust."

    "It is a tremendous opportunity and honour to be establishing strategic domestic and international relationships for a company with such a prized asset. I look forward to working with Focus Metals Inc. and Mr. Economo." states Dr. Chiu.

    The European Union considers graphite a critical/strategic mineral. China controls more than 70% of the current global supply of industrial graphite and is a net importer of technology-grade natural flake graphite.

    The U.S. commercial technology sector and some government officials are concerned about China's dominance over graphite production. U.S. lawmakers have some concern about graphite's future supply chain, price, and the potential implications for national and industrial security of supply.

    En daarna het volgende:

    Focus Metals Contracts with RPA for Mine Design and Engineering for the Lac Knife Graphite Property

    Press Release Source: Focus Metals Inc. On Friday May 6, 2011, 9:12 am EDT

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 6, 2011) - Focus Metals Inc. (TSV VENTURE:FMS) announced today it has retained the services of mining engineers and consultants Roscoe Postle Associates (RPA), to commence work on the mine design and engineering for Focus Metals' Lac Knife, Quebec flake graphite property.

    RPA is an internationally-recognized expert in mine and infrastructure design, including construction and mine operations, cost assessment, process design and administration in Canada, the United States and Europe.

    RPA's team is headed by Mr. Marc Lavigne. Mr. Lavigne was a key member of the consulting team that was hired by Lac Knife's original owner, the Mazarin Mining Corporation, Inc. to undertake the first Lac Knife graphite feasibility in 1989.

    "Our agreement with RPA - one of the most highly respected Canadian mining consultants in the world - brings us another step closer to production of our large flake graphite property," said Gary Economo, President and CEO of Focus Metals Inc.

    "Of particular note is that RPA's design and engineering team is headed by Mr. Marc Lavigne, who has extensive first-hand experience with our Lac Knife property," Mr. Economo said.

    "This agreement signed today with RPA is a major step forward for us as our NI 43-101 resource calculation and scoping studies are nearing completion," he said.

    Mr. Economo said that under the terms of the agreement, RPA will provide the mine design and engineering plans to bring Lac Knife's 8.1 million tons of natural flake graphite into production, including processing, transportation and infrastructure, administration and mine and environmental management.

    Mr. Lavigne is a mining engineer and project manager with extensive domestic and international open pit and underground mining experience. He holds a Masters of Sciences from Laval University, and is a member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec and a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

    Men gaat dus binnen afzienbare tijd beginnen.
    En zoek ook eens voor de grap op Dr. Gordon Chiu ;)
  3. [verwijderd] 23 mei 2011 15:27
    Battery Grade

    Overview

    There is a growing consensus that the world is moving towards a critical tipping point in the demand for electric and hybrid electric vehicles (EVs and HEVs). Given that these vehicles are powered largely by lithium-ion batteries, and that natural graphite is a key component in the anode portion of these batteries, it is widely expected that demand for graphite will increase significantly over the next ten years. To put this into perspective, the average EV or HEV will require approximately 1,000 individual battery cells per car. Each cell will contain approximately 14 grams of graphite, or about 13 new kilograms of graphite per vehicle. This is in addition to the many other items in a vehicle already using natural graphite.

    As a result, given a modest annual increase in vehicle production over the next ten to fifteen years; allowing for a reasonable conversion to EVs and HEVs; and taking into account the battery replacement processes that will occur as cars age, it is expected that annual global graphite requirements could increase as much as 500,000 tonnes per year. If you add in the current and expected export constraints from key suppliers such as China, it is completely understandable that graphite customers around the world are looking for alternate and stable suppliers such as Mega Graphite.

    Battery Categories

    The natural graphite grades for use in the anode component must fall within the range of specifications shown in the table below. A growing requirement is that the graphite be milled into a potato shaped material as much as possible to improve compaction and density within the battery compartment. Mega Graphite has the fully capability of producing this

    China Plans 220,000 EV Charge Points and 2,351 Battery Switch Stations ? [2011-4-28]

    China leads the world with over 100 million riding e-scooters, e-bikes, and light-electric vehicles. By December 2015, China plans to have 500,000 electric vehicles that can travel slow streets to fast highways. Those EV will be supported with 220,000 charge points and 2,351 battery swap stations in the nation’s latest plans. China’s 12th Five Year Plan is summarized in a new Deutsche Bank (DB) report.

    China will move to a more efficient lower carbon economy not only with electric cars and electric scooters. China is expanding electric transit and rail. For example, electric high-speed rail is targeted to expand by 29,000 miles between now and 2015. China high-speed rail is already more extensive than the mid-speed U.S. Acela system that supports daily riders in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC and other Eastern cities.

    Over the next five years, China will reduce its percentage of transportation that requires foreign oil for gasoline and diesel. China will also reduce the percentage of electricity generated by coal. By 2015, China will add:

    70 GW wind

    120 GW hydro

    5 GW solar

    40 GW nuclear

    China plans to lead the world in using renewable energy. Although the Japanese nuclear disaster occurred as the 12th Plan was being drafted, China appears to be moving ahead with Generation IV nuclear which it views as safer than the Japanese plants built over 30 years ago. For example, Huaneng, China, is proceeding with the construction of a 200MW high-temperature gas-cooled reactor according to the DB report. More cost-effective natural gas plants, however, may yet be substituted for half of the planned nuclear expansion.

    China Wind 150x150 China Plans 220,000 EV Charge Points and 2,351 Battery Switch StationsChina is likely to easily meet its 70GW wind 5-year target. It installed 25GW of new wind power in 2010, in comparison to only 5GW in the U.S. China’s wind installations grew faster than grid connection, with 10 percent of new wind not being grid connected. China Wind Renewable Energy World Report

    $76.7 billion will be invested in new ultra high-voltage grid transmission to support the added capacity of new power according to the 12th Plan.

    These investments will directly benefit China and support Chinese ambitions for Chinese global leadership in technology of the future. The 12th Plan identifies 7 Strategic Emerging Industries:

    graphite to meet the demanding needs of battery manufacturers.
  5. [verwijderd] 27 mei 2011 21:41
    Market Demand

    The commercial market for graphite is global and diverse. Graphite is a growth market today and is projected to be the quintessential growth market of the near future. The increasing demand for graphite comes from a myriad of industrial sectors and spans both the developing and advanced economies.



    Updating and modernization of the steel and iron industries in North America and the developing economies of the Asia Pacific Basin will consume large volumes of graphite. The iron and steel industries are presently the largest volume users of graphite.



    The increasing demand is related in part to the proliferation of carbon-based applications underlying today’s advanced standard of living from the exploration of outer space to safer computers.



    This derives in part from the increased usage in established technologies such as transportation since graphite has replaced asbestos in brake linings and pads. New automotive production continues to increase and more replacement parts are required for the growing number of vehicles indicating that the volume of graphite consumed will increase.



    The growth of the lithium-ion battery market could have a dramatic effect on the graphite market as the demand for mobile energy storage systems increases.



    Present opportunities within North America arise in part from the fact that the US has no natural flake graphite production. It has to import all of its high-quality graphite. Most of Mexico’s graphite is of the amorphous variety.



    In the past the US has imported large amounts of graphite from China, but there have been issues relating to the quality of its graphite. There are also human rights issues, which have become a concern with US consumers. There is an obvious niche market for high-quality flake graphite delivered in smaller quantities within shorter time frames and in compliance with end-user specifications.



    Future demand for graphite will evolve in part from the critically important energy sector and the commercialization of the fuel cell market. Fuel cells are an environmentally friendly source of electric energy. Their potential as a source for clean generation of electricity is astounding.



    On a global scale, demand for energy continues to outweigh supply. This demand is fuelled by the growth in world population, the growing industrialization of the third world and by the international growth of digital electronics.



    Concurrently other factors are working to increase demand for electric power in rural areas, for more reliable primary and back up electric power and in the developing countries, which have minimal infrastructure to deliver grid electricity.



    The continuing privatization and deregulation of utilities is likely to open the market for alternative power such as fuel cells.



    The increased trend toward decentralized communications systems requires more reliable power.



    Utility companies which are trying to decrease costly transmission, maintenance and distribution expenses are looking to fuel cells since they are portable, more efficient and cheaper because they do not carry large capital costs or ongoing major maintenance expenditures.



    The increasing power of the international environmental movement militates against the continued expansion of conventional fossil fuels and nuclear power sources in favour of green (environmentally friendly) sources. Therefore future demand for fuel cells will ultimately be required by the energy sector.



    The conversion of the internal combustion engine to fuel cells is already underway. All of the world’s major automakers have formed alliances to produce prototype vehicles.



    Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM’s) are the most advanced fuel cells today. They have become the de facto fuel cell technology in the vehicle market. Graphite is used in the field flow plates of a cell. Each fuel cell stack for one automobile uses approximately 100 pounds of graphite. Today, there are over 200 million registered vehicles in the US alone.



    Manufacturing volumes of one million polar plates a day will be needed to support the early stages of the conversion from internal combustion engines (ICE’s) to fuel cell engines.



    The major impediment to full commercialization is the cost of the fuel cell components and the development of a new infrastructure or adaptation of the existing ones to deliver the necessary fuel.



    As each new advance is made in fuel cells, the costs are driven down. In the last decade, the cost of fuel cells has decreased 1,000 times while that of an internal combustion engine has decreased only 10 times. Each new technological advance and each new alliance of industry partners are essential to the reduction of costs. With mass conversion, economies of scale are expected to further decrease costs.



    The conversion for the US is a matter of national security. As one of the most mature fossil fuel producing nations, the US has long ago tapped its easiest and most profitable sources of oil. Its mega economy now consumes more oil than it produces. In fact, the US transportation sector consumes 10% of the world’s fossil fuel resources. Passenger vehicles in the US use more oil than is produced domestically. With world oil production expected to decline in the next thirty years, time is of the essence.



    This is why the market for automotive and stationary power generation conversion equipment is the largest market for capital equipment in the world.



    The advent of the war against terrorism by the US has also made the commercialization of fuel cells an important national security issue. The US Army in particular is becoming a key player in the race to commercialize fuel cells. They require more efficient ways of transporting troops and supplies and the US Army is willing to absorb some of the cost and responsibility for developing fuel cell vehicles.



    While conversion in the auto sector is high profile the commercialization of fuel cells for portable and stationary applications is expected to precede the auto sector.



    All sectors of the graphite industry are anticipating dramatic increases in demand. UCAR, a world leader in producing flexible graphite for fuel cell flow field plates, is projecting increases of sales from $35 million to $500 million per year within the next decade from fuel plate technology as well as additional applications in heat and energy management systems.



    Some trend analysts project that graphite is on the cusp of an exponential increase due to its use in PEM fuel cells in the transportation sector.



    It appears likely that this immense demand will occur simultaneously with the expansion of the domestic iron and steel industries of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This would dramatically decrease the volume of graphite on the open market, as the PRC is currently the major producer and exporter of graphite.



    In summary, future demand for high-quality graphite appears to be increasing due to the new technologies of the digital age and not from the sunset industries of the 20th century.

    fortunegraphite.com/main/index.php?op...
  6. [verwijderd] 1 juni 2011 15:46
    Magnesita hails further refractories industry consolidation

    May 31, 2011 - 00:00 GMT

    KEYWORDS:Magnesita , refractories , steel , magnesia , bauxite , graphite

    INTERVIEW: Upstream mining assets the key to survival, says Brazilian group’s CFO

    Consolidation in the global refractories industries is set to continue as companies outside China struggle to secure reliable supplies of raw materials, according to Brazil’s Magnesita Refratários.China’s strategy to increase control over minerals production and exports has led to increasing prices for key refractory minerals such as graphite, bauxite and magnesia.“It is becoming harder and harder to source products like this from China and to get reasonable quality... prices are all over the place,” Magnesita’s chief financial officer Flavio Barbosa told IM.“There is a scarcity in the case of graphite... it is clearly not a reliable supply chain. Any company that is in this industry that is serious about being in business has to find a solution to their raw materials outside of China,” he added.The group’s strategy to counter China’s grip on supply is to develop alternative sources of refractory minerals, including the graphite mine it is developing in...

    www.metalbulletin.com/Article/2839579...
  7. [verwijderd] 1 juni 2011 16:01
    Graphite: A Diamond in the Rough for Investors?

    Published 1/3/2011

    Today I want to look at China’s dominance of critical raw materials for clean-tech. Most people think that they left graphite behind when they graduated from pencils to pens early on in their school days, but the truth is that this slippery substance remains a crucial part of our daily lives. Consider the laptop computer, which has by and large replaced pens for most of us over the past decade – did you know that there is actually 10 times more graphite than lithium inside a lithium-ion battery?
    Graphite has long been a key ingredient in steel, castings, lubricants, vehicle brakes, golf clubs, tennis rackets and – no surprise – pencils. But this polymer of carbon – a chemically identical sibling of both diamonds and coal – will become increasingly important in coming years due to its chemical, electrical and thermal properties. Its ability to remain stable in ordinary corrosive environments, conduct electricity and resist heat allow it to serve as a key component in applications like the storage batteries and nuclear-electricity generation stations that will power us into the future.

    Coal powered the Industrial Revolution; its chemical twin, graphite, will be of great value in constructing the components of the clean-energy economy, making graphite a true diamond in the rough!

    While one may assume that it is as common as the dirt that it somewhat resembles, the supply of graphite is far from infinite. Natural graphite comes in several forms: Flake, amorphous and lump. Of the one million tons of graphite that are processed each year, just 40% is of the most desirable flake type. Only flake and synthetic graphite (made through an expensive process from petroleum coke) can be used in lithium-ion batteries. Graphite mining and processing are limited to a relatively small handful of countries, with China currently producing 70% of the total global supply.

    Demand for lithium-ion batteries will increase rapidly as battery-power (electricity) supplements, and will even replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled internal-combustion engines in vehicles as “green energy” expands. While hybrid automobiles such as the Toyota Prius have used nickel-metal-hydride batteries for more than a decade, newer hybrid models like the Chevy Volt, as well as battery-only electric-drive vehicles like the Tesla Roadster and the Nissan Leaf, rely upon the more-efficient lithium-ion batteries that will almost certainly be employed in all hybrid or fully electric vehicles in just a few short years. Large-flake graphite will be very much in demand to produce the hundreds of millions of lithium-ion batteries required for these automobiles.

    Governmental bodies are taking notice of just how crucial secure supplies of graphite are. Graphite prices have been increasing in recent months, and investors’ interest in this industry is almost certain to climb as word spreads about the impending boom in demand and the companies that will be making moves to meet it.

    A Slippery Supply

    Global graphite production has held steady at approximately 1 million tons per year over the past decade. The weak demand in the first half of the 2000s, combined with relatively low prices, led to little investment and development of graphite mining and processing capabilities over this time span. Many graphite-producing countries saw a steady drop in annual production between 2001 and 2008, including the Czech Republic, Russia, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Canada and Mexico. Taking up the slack over this period were the Ukraine, Brazil, India and North Korea. China saw some peaks and valleys in production during this time, but currently produces nearly four-fifths of the world’s total supply of graphite, keeping 60% of this output for its own manufacturing requirements.

    Japan, the US, Europe, South Korea and Taiwan – each of which has an economically significant and well-developed steel industry – import significant quantities of graphite from China. While China is the dominant player in the graphite game, 70% of its production is of the amorphous and lower-value small-flake graphite that is used in industrial applications rather than in batteries.

    At this point in time, the fragmented nature and seasonality of its graphite production base raise some doubts that China will be able to increase its output; in fact, China itself currently imports a significant amount of North Korea’s graphite production. Producers in other regions of the world will need to step up their efforts to meet demand, which will require significant investment.

    Increasing Applications Driving Demand

    Graphite has long been a key component for the aviation, automotive, steel and plastic industries, as well as in the manufacture of bearings and lubricants. High-purity large-flake graphite is essential for the production of the lithium-ion batteries that are crucial to the consumer-electronics industry. Demand for this form of graphite will rise rapidly as production of larger batteries for vehicular propulsion comes online.

    www.resourceinvestor.com/News/2011/1/...
  8. [verwijderd] 3 juni 2011 13:47
    Vandaag maar weer verder omhoog met FMS na een koop advies op americanbulls.
    Ook is er vandaag een conferentie voor critical materials in Canada eens kijken wat FMS daar nog te vertellen heeft.
    Het gaat iig de goede kant op en het is wachten op meer nieuws omtrend de grafeenpatenten en de NI-43-101 resultaten.
  9. [verwijderd] 6 juni 2011 13:38
    Remarks for a Presentation to:
    Cambridge House Critical Materials Investment Symposium
    June, 2011

    Good morning.

    My name is Gary Economo and I’m CEO of Focus Metals Inc., a Canadian explorer
    and producer of the best technology-critical graphite resource in the world.

    And by best, I mean the highest-grade, purest, lowest-cost-to-produce crystalline
    graphite in the world from our Lac Knife, Quebec property.

    Best, from a management perspective, also means being capable – as a priority
    consideration – of building, growing and sustaining shareholder value from our
    mine-to-market business model.

    Focus Metals is different than most junior listed companies.

    We’ve gone a step further, by applying mine-to-technology applications thinking
    in our business planning.

    Our principled operating belief is that value-building for Focus Metal stakeholders
    shouldn’t end at the mine gate.

    We see added value and financial rewards from the new technologies spawned by
    our critical resources.

    Ultimately, we have a long-term vision for our company that captures market
    opportunities in a shifting global economic environment and one that compels us
    to become a leading participant in the coming technology end game.

    Our vision, for the near to medium term includes:

    The consolidation of our domestic and international position as a critical
    mineral miner and supplier
    The introduction of graphite and breakthrough rare earth refining technologies
    that dovetail with the timing of future demand
    The investment of both monetary and intangible capital into our current business
    planning, and:
    Through the creation of investment profit centers, spun off from multiple assets.

    That may seem like a tall order for a junior explorer whose stock listed on
    the TSX Venture Exchange 53 weeks ago.

    In a year and a week, our share price has risen a thousand percent.

    If you think that Focus Metals’ technology graphite isn’t sexy, think again.

    When Focus Metals Chairman Jeff York and I started discussing the development
    of a company in 2009, we developed a management matrix that incorporated
    Jeff’s business administration strengths and my industrial technology involvement
    and marketing experience.

    Parenthetically, Jeff took a start-up to a multi-billion dollar operation and recently,
    won an achievement award for directing one of the top-10 best-managed
    companies in Canada.

    So, you may be thinking now:
    Ok, this is a symposium on critical materials, where’s he heading with this?

    Indulge me if you will for a few moments to put context and linkage to
    Focus Metals genesis and its extraordinary fit with today’s theme.

    Our acquisition of Everton Resources platinum, palladium, gold and iron ore
    properties in the Labrador Trough provided our first step towards our
    technology ambitions.

    Our relationship with Everton led us to our Lac Knife, Quebec, graphite property.

    At the time, it was owned by Iamgold and conveniently for us, Lac Knife’s resource
    fell outside Iamgold’s operating interests. We acquired it for cash and shares.

    Upon discovery of Lac Knife’s availability, we considered not only its current value,
    but its potential against our future needs matrix.

    Did it meet our investment requirements for a consolidated
    technology-based enterprise? YES

    Did future market conditions support its development? YES

    Ultimately, did Lac Knife hold the global potential to build a sustainable
    source of wealth generation through value-added components, acquisitions
    and joint-venture partnerships? YES.

    Then, along came an opportunity to acquire an earn-in partnership on a
    rare earth prospect at Kwyjibo, Quebec, with the Quebec government’s
    operating company, SOQUEM.

    Did venturing with the Quebec government at Kwyjibo meet our above mentioned
    future-looking business objectives? Yes it did.

    More than rare earths, Kwyjibo, according to our geologists, is one of the
    few rare earth sources in the world that contains copper.

    Indications from a new find on the western portion of Kwyjibo showed
    the potential for a commercially viable copper deposit.

    We decided to fast-track our drilling this year to move as quickly as possible
    to a 43-101 economic estimate later this year or early next year.

    Those copper value results will tell us whether they can subsidize our
    overall operations.

    Lac Knife and Kwyjibo are what distinguish Focus Metals Inc. in the competitive
    field for investment dollars among hundreds of junior listed companies.

    Industrial copper, however, is not technology graphite, our core business.

    Our business is profitability and growth.

    Not a marginal profit, but substantial and sustainable profitability from graphite
    mining on the following bases:

    A 10-12% mining cost against current, wholesale market price
    A reduction of that cost margin against a 25-40% demand growth per year for
    technology grade graphite in the electric vehicle market for the next seven years.
    Graphite prices have doubled during the last year – rising more than 50% in the
    first five months of this year alone.
    Laboratory-grade graphite, which the global research community requires for the
    development of graphene and graphane applications currently resides in the
    $50,000+ per ton range at the retail level.
    There will be no shortage of demand for the grade and purity of graphite Focus
    Metals holds. Our 43-101 resource calculation and scoping study will be published
    in the next 4-6 weeks.

    In summary, we are perfectly positioned to exploit opportunities created by
    current and future markets.

    www.focusmetals.ca/technology-applica...
  10. [verwijderd] 6 juni 2011 13:52
    How to Make 4,500% Gains from a Tiny Ottawa Company’s “New Silicon” Discovery

    By the King / June 1, 2011 |

    Up amidst the staid, bureaucratic ambience of Ottawa, there’s an office for a company with deep roots in the wilds of Quebec.

    But don’t let this serene atmosphere fool you.

    The ground in Quebec holds a “bonanza-grade” treasure. Indeed, this is the home of an under-the-radar resource opportunity — one that your portfolio probably doesn’t have any exposure to.

    So what kind of treasure is hidden beneath the Canadian soil?

    Well to be sure, this isn’t some worthless dirt patch up north.

    Recently, two scientists won the Nobel Prize for their pioneering discovery of this breakthrough new material that many are calling the “New Silicon.”

    It’s billed as the wonder material of the 21st century…

    With the power to revolutionize micro-electronics… just like the “old silicon” did with the introduction of the silicon chip nearly 50 years ago.

    “It’s a worthy Nobel, says Wired magazine, “for the simple reason that [this “New Silicon”] may be one of the most promising and versatile materials ever discovered. It could hold the key to everything from super small computers to high-capacity batteries.”

    According to the National Science Foundation, it’s called the “New Silicon” because it’s a leading candidate to replace silicon in applications ranging from high-speed computer chips to biochemical sensors.

    This new wonder material could have a major impact on the way we live, work, and play.

    Just like the “old silicon” made our lives easier, richer and safer when it was introduced into thousands of products in the 1960s…

    According to PC World, the “New Silicon” has transistor speeds up to 10,000 times faster than the “old silicon.” And it’s cheaper to produce.

    Incredibly, it’s only one-atom-thick… 100,000 times smaller than a human hair… yet has the strength, flexibility and electrical conductivity to open up new horizons for high-tech applications, military uses, construction — almost anything you can imagine.

    In other words, its potential isn’t even fully known or even imagined yet. That’s how new and amazing this is…

    In reality, though, “New Silicon” is an up and coming mineral that can warrant a price up to $20,000 a ton!

    And when the company that I’m about to introduce you to has eight million tons about to come online — it’s something that should catch your eye.

    Like early investors in silicon… many who became fast millionaires from the revolutionary silicon chip used in Microsoft’s computer… you have the opportunity to make a massive 4,500% gain with this breakthrough “New Silicon” discovery.

    This tiny company’s stock could soar 10-fold… 20-fold… even 30-fold… and STILL be grossly undervalued!

    As the UK Telegraph says “It’s not often that a new substance comes along that is so useful it defines an era.”

    That’s the power of this new mineral development.

    Today I’d like to introduce you to the fast-paced Canadian company that holds claim to a resource set to skyrocket…

    This is your chance to be on the cutting edge of resource investing and more importantly your chance to profit.

    With that said, let’s invest in graphite.
  12. [verwijderd] 9 juni 2011 15:10
    Sector nieuws

    Singapore researchers invent broadband graphene polarizer
    by Staff Writers
    Singapore (SPX) Jun 09, 2011

    Researchers at the National University of Singapore have invented a graphene-based polarizer that can broaden the bandwidth of prevailing optical fibre-based telecommunication systems.

    The graphene research team, led by Professor Kian Ping Loh at the National University of Singapore, invented an ultra-slim broadband polarizer that uses graphene, a single-atomic-layer crystallized carbon, to convert light beam into polarized light.

    www.spacedaily.com/reports/Singapore_...
  13. [verwijderd] 9 juni 2011 15:12
    How to make graphene

    By Lucy Sherriff, ZDNet UK, 8 June, 2011 15:17

    ANALYSIS

    We have seen that graphene has massive potential, but how do we get hold of it?

    Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin (Kostya) Novoselov famously used sellotape to separate a single layer of graphene from a graphite crystal, during an investigation of its usefulness in transistors.

    The tabloid headline version of this part of Graphene's story is well known, thanks to a certain high-profile prize awarded last year.

    Mechanical exfoliation, as it has become known, really does involve repeatedly flaking graphite with sticky tape, until you hit a single layer of carbon atoms.

    But in fairness to the Nobel-winning team, we feel obliged to point out that then you have to get the monolayer off the sellotape.

    www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/20...
  14. [verwijderd] 22 juni 2011 12:01
    Zo na een tijdje niet te hebben gepost over focus pak ik nu de draad maar weer even op. Even een korte samenvatting van de afgelopen weken.

    Van 1.18 weer terug naar de 0.78 gegaan en nu inmiddels weer op de 0,97 beland. De vraag naar REE begint duidelijk toe te nemen nu China de grondstoffen zelf wilt houden en daardoor zijn de prijzen behoorlijk aan het stijgen. Zelfs Duitsland is druk bezig met het openen van nieuwe mijnen nu zij inzien dat het toch wel heel erg lucratief is om dit zelf te gaan doen.

    Hier een paar nieuwe blogs over focus:

    onemansfinancial.blogspot.com/2011/06...

    onemansfinancial.blogspot.com/2011/06...

    Inmiddels heeft de chairman afgelopen maandag 50K aandelen aangeschaft zou dit misschien het signaal kunnen zijn dat er binnenkort meer naar buiten komt.
    Via een email heeft focus laten weten dat ze bezig zijn met grafeen patenten en dat dat in samenwerking met NASA en 4 universiteiten gebeurd.

    Ik denk dat Focus veel kans maakt op een mooie toekomst aangezien zij iets in handen hebben namelijk een grafiet mijn met een carbon gehalte van 17% (normaal is dit 2 a 3%).

    Historically, our 8.1 million ton flake graphite resource is well-known and well-documented.
    Early indications from our consultant preparing our 43-101 resource calculation are that we shall see no inconsistencies or variations from previous non-43-101 estimates that our property contains a 17% pure carbon content.

    Good luck to you all
  15. [verwijderd] 23 juni 2011 09:37
    Op 6 juni heb ik een stukje geplaats over een klein bedrijfje uit N. Amerika waar FMS wordt bedoelt. Nu is er een vervolg te vinden met als titel Graphene: The “New Silicon”?

    dailyreckoning.com/graphene-the-new-s...

    So not only are we looking at “the new silicon” in terms of potential… we’re also looking at “the next rare earths” in terms of scarcity. And yes, just as with rare earths, the rush is on to find new sources outside China.

    Many lie in developing countries run by dictators who’d love nothing more than to nationalize a big graphite find as soon as some company does the hard work of proving it up. But one of the largest is in North America – 8 million tons – controlled by a tiny firm Byron recently uncovered.

    Ik zou zeggen lees het stuk en trek je conclusie grafiet en grafeen gaan de komende jaren een zeer belangrijke rol in onzetechnologie krijgen.
  17. [verwijderd] 30 juni 2011 16:51
    Focus Metals to Expand Drilling at its Lac Knife Graphite Property

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 30, 2011) - Focus Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:FMS - News) announced today it will upgrade its summer operational schedule to further define and expand its graphite resource at its Lac Knife, Quebec, property.

    The purpose of the new drilling program is to meet two specific objectives; place historic resource calculations in a 43-101 framework, and; obtain significant graphite samples for potential offtake partners.

    "Ultimately, this will enable us to determine how large the resource is," said Gary Economo, President and CEO of Focus Metals Inc. "It also fits our customer-driven business strategy.

    "This financially responsible decision should satisfy the interests of regulators with an updated 43-101; potential customers with sufficient samples, and; shareholders with greater potential for long-term value," Mr. Economo said.

    Samples will be sent to those potential offtake partners in the United States, Europe and China, Mr. Economo said, adding: "It made sense to reap the benefits that expanded drilling brings."

    Samples will be drilled out by large-bore machines to depths of up to 300 meters - almost twice the depth of previous drilling - while new areas will be drilled on the southern portion of the Lac Knife property.

    The bulk of those samples will be processed to 95%, while a portion of those samples will be purified to 99.9% for some customers.

    Mr. Economo said that unlike precious metals, the true economic value of technology grade graphite is dependent on the specifications of the end users.

    The graphite on Focus Metals' property varies from eight percent to over 40 percent grade and can be mined more efficiently when a more complete data picture from drilling is completed this summer.

    Additionally, Mr. Economo said, it is prudent at this time to drill more holes and deeper holes in order to develop the company's mine plan.

    The Lac Knife crystalline flake graphite property has undergone two pre-NI 43-101 feasibility studies since 1989.

    Last year, Focus Metals awarded a contract to Roche Consulting Group Ltd to undertake a technical and environmental due diligence on the property. Roche's mandate was to evaluate the correlation between the historical resource estimate and new 2010-11 drilling estimates.

    An NI 43-101 technical report including a compliant resource calculation was due for publication in the summer of 2011. That report will incorporate the new drilling results.

    Roche was also contracted to produce a Preliminary Economic Assessment in tandem with the NI43-101 compliant resource calculation. An enhanced new drilling program may alter results from work already undertaken.
  18. [verwijderd] 14 juli 2011 19:14
    Ff snel n update

    Nieuwe website is in de lucht www.focusmetals.ca ziet er netjes uit en er wordt wat inzicht gegeven in de toekomst.

    Ook is er n listing in de US zie op yahoo finance fms.v kan zo snl niet de url plaatsen zit nl in t ziekenhuis op de geboorte van mun 2de dochter te w88.

    Ik zou zeggen lees je in t wordten mooie jaren voor fms.
  19. [verwijderd] 17 juli 2011 16:12
    Zo even wat tijd om het een en het ander te plaatsen. Heb de site een beetje doorgespit en het volgende wat me al snel opviel waren de volgende dingen.

    News => market coverage => coming soon!!!

    Van de nieuwe site heb ik de volgende uitgelicht:

    Sometime this fall, and subject to regulatory and shareholder approval, Focus Metals proposes to begin trading under a new name as a reflection of our core business and operating strength. Focus Graphite Inc. clearly meets our operating needs and is proposed for adoption.

    De naam Focus Graphite Inc. klinkt mij zeer aangenaam btw :-)

    ==============

    Naturally, we want to ensure our shareholders benefit from these holdings

    Kijk precies zoals elk bedrijf hoort te denken aan zijn aandeelhouders :-)

    ==============

    The aim of any potential acquisitions is multifold: to build Focus into a major graphite player; to generate cash flows, and; to secure new sources of product to supply future technology demand.

    Major graphite player I LIKE THAT en dat met het het beste grafiet wat je maar kan vinden.

    ==============

    Additionally, we decided to expand our knowledge of Lac Knife’s total resource by doubling the depth of previous drilling and by increasing drilling to the southern-most portions of our property.

    Doubling the depth omdat er waarschijnlijk 2x zoveel ligt als men voorheen dacht ;-)

    ==============

    We know what we have and where we are going.

    Eigenlijk het mooiste zinnetje van de gehele welkomst site :-P

    Onder het kopje technology => graphene

    According to the renowned research scientist Dr. Gordon Chiu, head of Focus Metals’ Graphene Joint Venture, the quality of the graphite source – which Focus Metals holds in abundance – directly affects the quality and performance state of graphene, an allotrope of carbon that holds unique physical properties.

    “Scientifically and commercially, our business program looks for definites; looks to financially minimize risk, and; ultimately, we look to maximize shareholder value,” Dr. Chiu said.

    The FMS Joint Venture, however, distinguishes itself with an understanding it has no competitors in its class, and its commercial development interests, under Dr. Chiu’s direction, are focused on high-value, near-to-market graphene applications.

    (The proprietary nature of some 25 specific projects at this time preclude the company from identifying its commercial development targets).

    The joint venture’s goal, said Dr. Chiu, “is to find a basket of self-sustaining technologies that require Focus Metals’ participation to help them scale to their ultimate objectivies.”

    “They will need tons – not kilos – of graphene for their manufacturing processes,” Dr. Chiu said. “And the quality of the graphite will directly affect the graphene. We (Focus Metals) have a significant advantage here.”

    Zoals ik al eerder zei een mooie toekomst voor Focus voor zowel in grafiet als grafeen.

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