Alabama Graphite

What Alabama Graphite does

Westwater Resources, Inc., operating as Alabama Graphite Products and formerly known by that name, is developing an integrated, U.S.-domestic graphite platform centered in Alabama. The company controls mineral rights across 41,965 acres at the Coosa Graphite Deposit in Coosa County, Alabama, which serves as its long-term feedstock source for natural flake graphite. It is building the Kellyton Graphite Plant in Kellyton, Alabama, a processing facility designed to convert that feedstock into Coated Spherical Purified Graphite (CSPG), the active anode material used in lithium-ion batteries. The Kellyton facility is being developed in phased capacity stages, with a Phase I target of 12,500 metric tons per year and a Phase II target of 37,500 metric tons per year.

The company's core product is battery-grade CSPG produced through purification and coating of natural flake graphite. Adjacent product lines include Natural Graphite Anode Material, Flake Graphite as raw feedstock, and Other Graphite Materials. The resource base is supported by 205 drill holes completed for the Coosa Initial Assessment and Mineral Resource estimate. Westwater is publicly listed on NYSEMKT under ticker WWR and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with operating assets entirely in the United States.

Westwater's commercial model is B2B direct sales to lithium-ion battery manufacturers, primarily those supplying the electric vehicle, grid energy storage, and consumer electronics markets. Distribution is anticipated through direct offtake agreements and long-term supply relationships, with no published pricing or named customers. The company emphasizes its 100% U.S.-based platform and graphite's status as a U.S.-designated critical mineral as core differentiators. The company is led by Executive Chairman Terence Cryan, President & CEO Frank Bakker, and SVP & CFO Steve Cates. Revenue has not been disclosed and the Kellyton facility remains in development, indicating a pre-production stage of commercialization.

Name

Alabama Graphite

Legal name

Westwater Resources, Inc.

Website

https://alabamagraphite.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Westwater Resources (formerly Alabama Graphite Products) develops a U.S.-based integrated graphite platform, converting natural flake graphite from its Coosa deposit into Coated Spherical Purified Graphite (CSPG) battery anode material for lithium-ion battery manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Battery-Grade Graphite Materials

NAICS

Carbon and Graphite Product Manufacturing (335991)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400)

akta.pro primary industry

Natural Graphite Mining & Concentrates (IMAKAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Anode Materials Manufacturing (Graphite, Silicon, LTO) (EUAFABAC), Battery Raw Materials Mining & Refining (Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese, Graphite) (EUAFABAA), Exploration & Resource Development (Critical Minerals) (IMAKAFAL)

Keywords

• Battery-grade graphite
• Natural flake graphite
• Graphite anode material
• Critical mineral mining
• Lithium-ion battery materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Battery-Grade Graphite Sales: Revenue expected from processing and selling Coated Spherical Purified Graphite (CSPG) to lithium-ion battery manufacturers. The company is developing production capacity at the Kellyton Graphite Plant in phased stages (Phase I: 12,500 mt/year, Phase II: 37,500 mt/year target capacity).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Alabama Graphite, operating as Westwater Resources, Inc., explores and develops natural flake graphite resources and processes them into Coated Spherical Purified Graphite (CSPG), the active anode material used in lithium-ion batteries. The company operates an integrated U.S. platform spanning the Coosa Graphite Deposit (41,965 acres of mineral rights in Alabama) and the Kellyton Graphite Plant (a processing facility being developed with phased annual capacity of 12,500 mt in Phase I and 37,500 mt in Phase II).

Product overview

Westwater Resources (operating as Alabama Graphite Products) develops and processes natural graphite into Coated Spherical Purified Graphite (CSPG) — the active anode material used in lithium-ion batteries. The company's integrated U.S. graphite platform consists of the Coosa Graphite Deposit (a natural flake graphite resource serving as feedstock), the Kellyton Graphite Plant (a processing facility producing battery-grade CSPG in phased capacity), and finished products including Natural Graphite Anode Material, Flake Graphite, and Other Graphite Materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coated Spherical Purified Graphite (CSPG)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Nouveau Monde Graphite: Quebec-based developer of the Matawinie graphite deposit and the Bécancour CSPG processing plant, pursuing a fully integrated natural graphite-to-battery-anode platform directly comparable to Westwater's Coosa/Kellyton combination.
• Syrah Resources: Australian-listed natural graphite miner that built and operates the Vidalia facility in Louisiana producing battery-grade CSPG from natural flake feedstock — the closest like-for-like competitor to Westwater's mine-to-anode model on U.S. soil.
• EcoGraf: Australian-listed company developing the Epanko graphite mine in Tanzania and a battery-anode processing facility — pursues a mine-to-CSPG integrated approach targeting the same lithium-ion battery customers as Westwater.
• Talga Resources: Swedish-listed developer of the Vittangi natural graphite project with a planned integrated CSPG operation in Luleå — another mine-to-anode natural graphite platform serving European battery makers, parallel to Westwater's North American strategy.
• Renascor Resources: Australian-listed owner of the Siviour graphite deposit in South Australia, developing a vertically integrated natural graphite concentrate and downstream purified spherical graphite operation, directly analogous to Westwater's intended CSPG strategy.
• Northern Graphite: Canadian-listed operator of the Bissett Creek graphite mine and developer of downstream battery-anode processing capacity, competing for the same North American CSPG customer set as Westwater.
• Graphite One: U.S.-focused developer of the Graphite Creek deposit in Alaska with a planned CSPG processing facility — the most direct domestic peer pursuing U.S. critical-mineral graphite supply under the same policy framework as Westwater.
• Magnis Energy Technologies: Australian-listed battery-materials developer partnering with iM3NY on a planned New York battery-anode facility, active in the same downstream CSPG space targeted by Westwater's Kellyton plant.

Emerging players

• Triton Minerals: Australian-listed developer of graphite projects in Mozambique and Tanzania focusing on natural flake supply into the battery-anode chain — relevant emerging upstream peer to Westwater's natural graphite resource strategy.
• Black Rock Mining: Australian-listed developer of the Mahenge natural flake graphite project in Tanzania with a planned CSPG downstream partnership — comparable upstream resource base to Coosa, though earlier-stage on processing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alabamagraphite
• Facebookfacebook.com/AlabamaGraphiteProducts
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/10273609

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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