Status
Operational: Operating
Product: Flake graphite concentrate (feeds Vidalia). Capacity: 80.0 kt/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Largest natural graphite deposit outside China (Balama); Mozambique; Syrah ASX-listed; primary non-Chinese natural graphite source; feeds Vidalia Louisiana processing plant.
Customers and offtakers: Novonix (US) / multiple.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Syrah Resources |
| Plant | Balama Natural Graphite Mine |
| City | Balama |
| State or province | Cabo Delgado |
| Country | Mozambique |
| Material | natural graphite |
| Product | Flake graphite concentrate (feeds Vidalia) |
| Capacity (kt/yr) | 80.0 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Operating; force majeure after protests in December 2024, later lifted; current rate unverified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2017 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0. |
| Customers and offtakers | Novonix (US) / multiple |
| Carbon or silicon source | Natural flake (Balama deposit) |
| Geopolitical exposure | MEDIUM |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: syrahresources.com.au
In context
Where it fits
Listed in Anode Active Materials. Anode plants are compared on route (natural or synthetic graphite, silicon, hard carbon), the step they own (mining, graphitization, spheroidizing, coating), capacity and cell qualification; purification, graphitization and coating are the bottlenecks, not graphite itself.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Vidalia Active Anode Material Plant (Syrah Resources) | USA | ramping |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Balama Natural Graphite Mine (Syrah Resources)
- Sources
- ElectronsX anode dataset; company disclosures and filings
- Updated
- 2026-10