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January 2, 2026

Amid a battery boom, graphite mining gets a fresh look in the US

  • Graphite is crucial for lithium-ion batteries and demand is surging amid trade tensions with China.
    • By MICHAEL HILL
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Michael Hill [enlarge]
    Joel Rheault, vice president of operations for Titan Mining Corp., holds a rock containing graphite at a mine in New York.

    GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from other nations, especially China.


     
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