Talga Resources to Partner with Tata Steel on Graphene

Talga Resources Ltd. (ASX:TLG) announced that it’s signed a collaboration agreement under which it, along with with Tata Steel UK Ltd, will explore opportunities in graphene supply, processing and applications.
Highlights include:

• Formal collaboration agreement executed with UK steel arm of global conglomerate Tata Group
• Links Talga’s emerging industrial scale graphene production to Tata’s growing large volume graphene coating innovations
• Graphene and graphitic carbon nano-materials from Talga pilot production to supply Tata coatings product development across diverse applications
• Supports Talga’s focus on graphene additives for the global paint & coatings market currently consuming >40 Mt of materials per annum

The press release also states:

Initial work will see Talga supply graphene and graphitic carbon materials for use across applications in various Tata research programs including, but not limited to, anti-corrosion pigments and conductive, formable, barrier and thermal coatings.
Details of the agreement are in commercial confidence however Talga’s pilot test-work facility scale up is being designed to accommodate the needs of Tata product developments. Each Company will bear its own costs and the Company’s can share jointly in new arising intellectual property/product developments.

Click here to read the full Talga Resources Ltd. (ASX:TLG) press release.