BatteryLimits has been International Graphite's feasibility and project development partner since 2018, supporting the development of Australia's first commercial graphite processing facility and a new graphite processing joint venture in Europe.
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With demand for lithium-ion batteries predicted to soar and geopolitical pressures driving supply diversification, International Graphite is cementing its position as a major supplier of downstream graphite products to western manufacturing markets.
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BatteryLimits has played a key role in that strategy, beginning with a Prefeasibility Study for a project to produce industrial graphite and battery anode products in the United Arab Emirates, close to emerging graphite concentrate suppliers in eastern and southern Africa.
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At the same time, BatteryLimits established and operated the client’s downstream R&D facility in Collie, Western Australia, and managed the work programs informing a Scoping Study for the Springdale Graphite Project, one of Australia's largest graphite resources.
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BatteryLimits has since completed a range of studies and supervised metallurgical testwork programs for International Graphite, including the Definitive Feasibility Study for the commercial graphite processing plant under construction at Collie, Prefeasibility Study for an industrial graphite project in Europe, studies for battery anode facilities at Collie, and project development work in Savannah, United States.
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BatteryLimits continues to support International Graphite as its projects progress.

Regis Resources appointed BatteryLimits in 2020 to lead the feasibility studies for the McPhillamys Gold Project in New South Wales. One of Australia's largest proposed open pit gold projects, McPhillamys contains an estimated 2 million ounces of gold and has a projected development cost approaching $1 billion.

BatteryLimits has worked continuously on the project since then, providing metallurgical consultancy, process design and project management through multiple feasibility studies to Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) level. Our scope has included planning consultancy and the management of multidisciplinary teams across detailed engineering, mining, tailings, waste management and infrastructure.

Working closely with Regis Resources and specialist consultants, BatteryLimits developed multiple waste and tailings management solutions to help meet the project's stringent technical and environmental approval requirements.

BatteryLimits was selected by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco), through Wood Group, to provide specialist graphite process engineering and feasibility studies for downstream processing projects in Saudi Arabia.

Aramco is the world's largest state-owned petroleum and natural gas company. The appointment came via Wood Group, and drew on the downstream graphite expertise BatteryLimits has built through its industrial graphite and battery anode work.

Our scope covered process engineering and feasibility study work for downstream graphite processing, the same specialist capability we have applied to projects in Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

BatteryLimits has supported Black Canyon's manganese projects in Western Australia's Pilbara region since 2020, a relationship now spanning more than five years and multiple projects.

Our work has included managing metallurgical testwork programs, with the results informing the feasibility studies we have delivered to support the ongoing development of Black Canyon's manganese assets.

BatteryLimits continues to work with Black Canyon as its Pilbara projects advance.