Status
Operational: Long-running flake mine (not a new build as the legacy record had it)
Product: Flake graphite concentrate. Capacity: 40.0 kt/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Imerys Canadian graphite mine; IRA FTA-compliant; European industrial minerals giant entering battery graphite; EU Battery Regulation compliance play for EU cell makers.
Customers and offtakers: Multiple EU / NA OEMs.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | Imerys |
| Plant | Lac des Iles Natural Graphite |
| City | Lac des Iles |
| State or province | Quebec |
| Country | Canada |
| Material | natural graphite |
| Product | Flake graphite concentrate |
| Capacity (kt/yr) | 40.0 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Long-running flake mine (not a new build as the legacy record had it); remaining life and AAM plans unverified |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2025 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0. |
| Customers and offtakers | Multiple EU / NA OEMs |
| Carbon or silicon source | Quebec natural graphite |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Matawinie Mine + Becancour Plant (Nouveau Monde Graphite) | Canada | announced |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Lac des Iles Natural Graphite (Imerys)
- Sources
- ElectronsX anode dataset; company disclosures and filings
- Updated
- 2026-10