Quebec's New Graphite Lab Boosts North America's Battery Supply Chain
Global Battery Materials Corp. (GBM) has opened a new graphite lab in Quebec to support North America's battery supply chain. The facility will purify natural graphite for use in advanced manufacturing, addressing a key gap in regional mineral processing. The GBM Graphite Lab, managed by Benoit Briere with nearly 30 years of industry experience, can refine graphite to 97 percent carbon content. Its location in Quebec strengthens the company's efforts to build a secure supply chain for critical minerals in North America.
GBM has already begun operations at its Kearney Mine in Ontario, where it recently completed the first shipments of graphite product samples. Alongside the mine restart, the company runs a pilot production facility in South Korea. The new lab will produce purified graphite concentrate for customer testing and qualification. This expansion comes as North America faces limited capacity to process essential minerals like graphite, a key material for batteries and clean energy technologies.
The Quebec lab marks a step toward GBM's goal of establishing a mass anode production site in North America. With the Kearney Mine active and a pilot facility operating in South Korea, the company is positioning itself as a key supplier in the region's growing battery sector. The purified graphite output will now undergo customer qualification before wider distribution.
