- Sri Lanka Graphite
a) Until the end of the Second World War Sri Lanka was the World number 1 graphite producer and the exporter.
(Source - Graphite in Sri Lanka, M.M.J.W. Herath, 2008)
b) It occurs in the most pure form compared with any other graphite producing country in the world.
(Source - USBM Mineral Industry Survey, Herath 2008)
c) This is crystalline vein graphite.
Vein graphite mining is much more environmental friendly compared to the disseminated and flake graphite mining in any part of the world.
d) Sri Lankan vein graphite doesn’t need very costly chemical processes to upgrade it to high-tech industries.
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