{"id":266732,"date":"2023-10-28T18:17:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T12:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=266732"},"modified":"2023-10-28T18:17:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T12:47:54","slug":"china-imposes-export-curbs-on-graphite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/china-imposes-export-curbs-on-graphite\/","title":{"rendered":"China imposes export curbs on graphite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cChina imposes export curbs on graphite\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>\u201cFinancial Times\u201d on 28th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

China has imposed export controls on graphite.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why has China decided to impose an export curb on graphite?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Aim: <\/b>To protect <\/span>China\u2019s national security and controlling supplies of critical minerals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Restrictions:<\/b> From December 1st, exporters in China will need to apply for permits to ship two types of graphite including high-purity, high-hardness and high-intensity synthetic graphite material and natural flake graphite and its products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Impact: <\/b>China is the world’s largest graphite producer and exporter.It refines more than 90% of the world’s graphite into the material used in almost all Electric Vehicles(EV) batteries.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Hence, the ban on graphite exports by China will lead to an increase in the scarcity of graphite, which in turn raises the cost of power batteries, leading to higher production costs for EVs.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Graphite?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specification<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/b><\/td>\nAllotrope of carbon<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Properties<\/b><\/td>\n1.Good conductor of electricity
\n<\/span>2.\u200b\u200bHigh thermal stability and resistance to heat<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uses<\/b><\/td>\nPencil “lead”
\n<\/span>As a Lubricant
\n<\/span>Electrodes in batteries and electrical devices
\n<\/span>As a moderator in the nuclear furnace.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reserves<\/b><\/td>\nAccording to the United States Geological Survey, Turkey (27.3%) and Brazil (22.4%) together own half of the world’s natural graphite resources.China comes third at 16%,<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Science and Technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cChina imposes export curbs on graphite\u201d published in \u201cFinancial Times\u201d on 28th October 2023 Why in the News? China has imposed export controls on graphite. Why has China decided to impose an export curb on graphite? Aim: To protect China\u2019s national security and controlling supplies of critical… Continue reading China imposes export curbs on graphite<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1738,1],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-266732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":12,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698525630},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}