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Natural graphite commodity Critical Material

Graphite of natural mineral origin considered as a commercial raw-material commodity. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 distinguishes flake and high-purity, amorphous, and lump and chip forms in its natural-graphite chapter, and identifies synthetic graphite among competing materials. This record covers the natural-origin commodity rather than the carbon element, a mineral specimen or species identifier, synthetic graphite, or a particular battery product specification. Natural origin alone does not establish battery-grade suitability. The criticality entry records the named BGS/CMIC assessment; the report explicitly states that it does not constitute government policy. No microbial extraction, purification or recovery mechanism is asserted here.

Criticality Designations

Jurisdiction List Name Edition / Document Classification Source
United Kingdom British Geological Survey / CMIC UK 2024 Criticality Assessment, Table 11 2024; Open Report OR/24/059 critical bgs-uk2024-or24059

Sources & References

  1. usgs-mcs2026-natural-graphite: US Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, Graphite (Natural), printed pp. 92-93 (PDF pp. 96-97): commercial forms and substitutes
    https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026.pdf (accessed 2026-10-11)
  2. bgs-uk2024-or24059: Mudd et al., UK 2024 Criticality Assessment, BGS/CMIC Open Report OR/24/059: cover disclaimer; Table 1, printed p. vii; Table 11, printed p. 44
    https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/539735/1/OR24059.pdf (accessed 2026-10-11)

Curation History

Timestamp Curator Action Summary
2026-10-11T07:20:58Z codex (GPT-6; codex) create Created a natural-graphite commodity record from the USGS chapter and the replacement BGS/CMIC assessment OR/24/059. Retained natural-origin and battery-grade boundaries and the assessment's non-policy status; no external identifier or microbial mechanism is asserted.

Record source: data/records/natural-graphite.yaml