StratMin Global Resources (LON:STGR) has recorded an improvement in carbon content of graphite produced following the installation of a scrubber at its Loharano project in Madagascar.
The AIM graphite producer fitted a MechProTech scrubber that showed “a very positive initial performance” in a number of trial production runs.
The company said it saw an immediate uplift in the carbon content. The most recent trial production batch averaged a carbon content of 90%, with some samples as high as 92%.
This is a significant increase on the percentages achieved before the scrubber was installed (around 78%) and will mean a higher price per tonne for StratMin.
The company expects further improvements as the benefits from investment of more resources in the processing plant are realised.
Manoli Yannaghas, StratMin's managing director, said: “This is a big step forward for StratMin and it verifies the steps taken over the last six months to improve the quality of our output.
“We look forward to reporting on enhanced production and sales in the near term.”