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Global regulation outpaces plant buildout, speeding up Korean anode materials shift
Korean anode materials makers are accelerating plans to localise synthetic graphite as a U.S. route for Chinese graphite shifts from high tariffs to tax credit eligibility requirements. With capacity expansions and long-term supply contracts largely concentrated in 2027, domestic cell makers have limited options to replace Chinese materials before then. Import prices have fallen, but U.S. 45X rules on prohibited foreign entities tighten from 2026.
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National AI computing centre to get Public Growth Fund investment to boost AI infrastructure
South Korea will invest money from the Public Growth Fund in a project to build a national AI computing centre, supporting an AI infrastructure with 15,000 AI chips. A direct investment of 100 billion won in Upstage was also approved to secure sovereign AI. The Financial Services Commission said the fund approved four megaprojects and one regional SME support plan, bringing cumulative approvals to about 84 trillion won.
Industry
POSCO Future M to develop methane gas-based natural graphite anode material
POSCO Future M said on March 19 it will secure raw materials for natural graphite anode materials without relying on mining. It signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S.-based Molten to jointly develop methane gas-based natural graphite anode material feedstock. Under the plan, Molten will produce graphite through methane pyrolysis, and POSCO Future M will process it into spherical graphite via its subsidiary Futuregraph before final production at its Sejong plant.