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Al-Ani Thair
Senior Researcher
Mineral Economy Solutions
Geochemistry and Method Development
Availability of Critical Raw Materials​
+358295032430, +358405509479
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Thair Al-Ani a senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), with strong interest in Mineral Explorations focused on identifying critical raw materials.  He has over 14 years’ experience of academic teaching at Tripoli University, Libya (1997 –2001) and Baghdad University, Iraq (1988-1997). He is currently engaging in many projects focusing on GTK strategies relating to cobalt, lithium and graphite as raw materials in battery production and high-purity quartz as a raw material in the manufacture of semiconductors, high- temperature lamp tubing, optics, telecommunication, and electronic devices.

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Articles dealing with battery minerals exploration projects in GTK. The article highlighted Flake graphite deposits of the Savo Schist Belt (SSB), Central Finland.

Blog post in Battery Minerals. This study relates to GTK’s Battery Mineral Project, 2019–2022, in which the mineral potential evaluation was carried out with an emphasis on flake graphite, cobalt and lithium.

The article described High-Grade Flake Graphite Deposits in Rautalampi and Käpysuo, Central Finland The study also describes the separation and purification techniques for producing high-quality graphite with very low concentration of impurities for lithium-ion battery anodes application requirements.

The blog post explained Raman CM geothermometer, which is an promising way to obtain a peak temperature and degree of graphitization.

The blog post related Raisjoki project , which established by GTK (2019) to assess the mineral resource potential for battery minerals, focused on graphite, Ni–Co sulphides and lithium.