Talga Group
Talga
Talga is a battery and advanced materials company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, and has been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange since July 2010.
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Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Sept 2025 · Politique industrielle européenne
Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
8 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on Talga’s strategic project applications and follow-up
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Feedback on the Single market strategy for 2025 Talga Group Ltd ("Talga") hereby submits feedback on the Single Market Strategy for 2025. Feedback Talga welcomes the European Commissions Single Market Strategy for 2025 initiative and have some recommendations on how to adjust it to work more efficient for the battery grade graphite market and the scaling up of companies to compete globally. Barriers to the free movement of goods and services in the single market and possible ways of addressing them: The batteries industry is in fact facing pressure: internally its competitiveness is hampered with increasing EU legislative requirements and targets as well as concrete barriers to a true Single Market, a slowing of the European (batteries/EV) demand and investments, while facing externally intense global competition. The success leans on the ability for the SMEs to have a strong business case with customer agreements / off-take agreements. This will help SMEs to scale up and compete globally by attracting investments and partnerships for construction and development, which is vital in order to have important projects up and running in Europe by 2030. Talga therefor encourage the commission to have clear focus on securing the business case for strategic projects that deliver primary critical raw materials for domestic supply in the Single Market Strategy for 2025. Strengthen supply chain resilience and critical raw material security: Develop strategies to secure critical raw material supplies by ensuring an integrated value chain approach, promoting local projects, recycling, local production capabilities. Vital for SMEs to scale up and compete globally and to have strong business cases: Sufficient procurement from non-Chinese and domestic EU supply sources. To -date, supply from domestic EU or other non-Chinese production sources has not commenced due to bankability and investment challenges associated with market and price risk.Since the battery grade graphite anode market has a significant price and supply volatility and anti-competitive behaviours leading to prices lower than market value, there is a fundamental need to mitigate the market and price risks. This is the number one thing and a real dealbreaker that needs to be solved in order to help projects enter into offtake customer contracts to underwrite financing and development. A price guarantee for a 5 yearminimumofftake agreements between an anode producer and an anode buyer. This ensures that finance can be obtained for the construction of strategic projects.The floor price guarantee would ensure a floor price for financiers of sellers during periods such as now of oversupplyandmarket manipulation.It may also be a ceiling guarantee for offtakes helping buyers during periods of a market short of anode. More details on such mechanisms can be provided if required. The inclusion of a resilience premium in the purchasing agreements. We suggest that sustainability is also included in the price calculation based on a specification for CO2 footprint (reported by a product LCA) material and % recycled content. This is an important levelling of the playing field. A table of penalties for dirty materials can provide further adjustments to prices that a buyer must pay(pay to play with dirty material).The focus should primarily be on supporting sustainableand local production processes and building scale in order to reduce their cost, rather than attempting to promote imports of low sustainable materials from conventional dirty processes. This could be part of reportable and enforceable ESPR/DPP requirements, and Public authorities and consumers in the EU should be incentivised to source products containing cleaner and recycled materials.
Read full responseMeeting with Sofie Eriksson (Member of the European Parliament) and SSAB AB
27 Nov 2024 · Gruvpolitik i industriutskottet
Meeting with Alice Teodorescu Måwe (Member of the European Parliament) and Boliden Group
27 Nov 2024 · Informative session
Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act
30 Jun 2023
Talga Group, a European producer of natural graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries, welcomes the European Commission's proposal for a Critical Raw Materials Act as part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan. Talga believes this legislation has the potential to lay a strong foundation for sustainable supply chains of domestically extracted and processed critical raw materials essential to the European green transition. Talga wishes to present its recommendations on how to improve and strengthen this proposal so that it can more effectively reach its objectives. Recommendations Talga supports the recognition of battery grade natural graphite as a strategic raw material with targets for domestic extraction and processing. It is important to ensure that these targets are not seen as a maximum limit but rather as a starting point, with an ambition to increase them in the long term. Talga also supports the target of limiting the supply of each strategic raw material from a single third country to 65%. To set Europe on the path towards net-zero emissions, Talga proposes the inclusion of Net-Zero Integrated Projects in the Critical Raw Materials Act. These projects would qualify as strategic under both the Critical Raw Materials Act and the Net-Zero Industry Act. Recognising projects that support the principles of the Green Deal Industrial Plan in its entirety would enhance the EU's support for its own green transition. Talga acknowledges the importance of establishing a circular economy and supports ambitious recycling goals. However, the recycling target for all strategic raw materials should be an aggregate target and not apply to materials individually. Different materials face distinct recycling challenges, including economic, geological, technological, and environmental factors. Therefore, it is necessary to assess the challenges faced by each individual material and set recycling targets accordingly. Talga also supports the streamlining of permitting processes for extraction and processing projects while maintaining stringent environmental standards. The proposed two-year time limit for permitting should start from the moment the application is received. Talga also recommends that Member States develop comprehensive guidelines and scope for permit applications to reduce uncertainty for project promoters. Recognising the intense international competition for investment in the green transition, Talga supports the establishment of a European Sovereignty Fund or similar mechanisms to ensure that Europe remains competitive in attracting investment for raw material extraction crucial for the green transition. In conclusion, we believe that with further support for project promoters, Europe can become a global leader in sustainable extraction and processing of critical raw materials.
Read full responseResponse to Net Zero Industry Act
27 Jun 2023
Talga Group, a European producer of natural graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries, welcomes the European Commission's proposal for a Net-Zero Industry Act as part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan. Talga believes this legislation has the potential to lay a strong foundation for a thriving European green economy and supports the ambitious target of 40% domestic production for strategic net-zero technology. Talga wishes to present its recommendations on how to improve and strengthen this proposal so that it can more effectively reach its objectives. Currently, there is no commercial natural graphite anode production in Europe, with almost 100% imported from third countries with lower environmental standards. Talga highlights that without better support for domestic anode production, the European lithium-ion battery industry will remain vulnerable to supply risks and have a higher carbon footprint. These recommendations are summarised below and described in more detail in the document accompanying this submission. Recommendations Talga proposes the inclusion of Net-Zero Integrated Projects, which encompass the entire supply chain and qualify as strategic under both the Net-Zero Industry Act and the Critical Raw Materials Act. These projects should receive priority support from Member States and the European Commission. While Talga supports the streamlining of permitting processes, Talga recommends a clearly defined start date for the one-year permitting time limit and the development of comprehensive guidelines and scope for permit applications to reduce uncertainty for project promoters. To ensure Europe remains competitive in the global green economy, Talga supports the establishment of robust funding and investment mechanisms, such as a European Sovereignty Fund. Talga highlights the need for Europe to provide financial and investment support to prevent the industry from lagging behind non-European competitors. Talga also advocates for funding to support the upskilling of Europe's workforce and recommends the establishment of European Net-Zero Industry Academies. These academies should collaborate with national authorities to develop a skilled regulatory workforce, enabling better and faster decision-making. In conclusion, Talga Group supports the Net-Zero Industry Act's intentions and believes that with prioritised support for integrated projects, streamlined permitting processes with a clearer start date, enhanced worker skills, and more clearly allocated funding, the EU can become a global leader in green technology.
Read full responseMeeting with Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and Rud Pedersen Public Affairs Brussels
30 May 2023 · Critical Raw Materials.
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and
16 May 2023 · Exchange on Battery value chain / EU critical raw materials policy with the CEO
Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act
24 Nov 2022
A local and competitive critical raw materials supply chain will enable Europe to build the greenest batteries in the world. However, this opportunity will only be realised if the EU actively supports the mining of its own unique mineral deposits. Mining is required because recycling of Li-ion batteries will take decades to build the volumes required (there are currently no technically proven or commercial ways to recover and re-use Li-ion battery materials such as graphite anode). There are several domestic critical raw materials projects, such as Talgas Vittangi natural graphite project, which have been developed in line with the vision of a sustainable European critical raw materials supply chain. Talga extracts and refines natural graphite entirely within Sweden and on 100% renewable electricity. Through this unique supply chain Talga produces battery materials with a vastly lower emissions profile than incumbent anode products used in Europe, almost all of which are imported from China. To realise projects like Talgas, and others, the Critical Raw Materials Act should: 1. Identify and support domestic projects in a timely manner which can address the issue of European strategic autonomy. A list of priority projects should be drafted for support, with eligibility assessed against the European Commissions Critical Raw Materials List. For example, Talgas vertically integrated project in northern Sweden which aims to mine, refine and process natural graphite into sustainable EV battery materials should be a key priority for the EU. Currently, Europe is over 90% reliant on Chinese imports for battery materials derived from natural graphite; EU-based projects such as Talgas can enhance European strategic autonomy by reducing reliance on imports. Furthermore, Talgas project could satisfy ~10% or more of expected total European EV battery anode demand by 2031. Given the rate of growth of the European EV market (and subsequent boom for battery materials), it is vital the EU considers priority projects now. 2. Develop harmonised guidelines for permitting procedures to equip regional authorities for handling permitting decisions within a reasonable timeframe. In streamlining and accelerating permitting procedures for critical raw material projects, it is vital that all permitting procedures must be in full compliance with the EUs high environmental standards. However, the EU must also consider project development timeframes. A critical raw materials project may take up to 10 to 15 years to become fully operational, from initial exploration through to permitting approval. These timeframes challenge the commercial viability of critical raw materials projects, which in turn undermines Europes ability to build a secure and sustainable critical raw materials supply chain. 3. Facilitate access to financing along the supply chain Funding for strategically important projects should be made available to ensure companies can continue successful development into commercial production. Importantly, such funding needs to be accessible early in the process. As an example, low-cost debt and/or grants have been recently made available to projects under development in the United States through the Inflation Reduction Act and in Australia through the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility. Since its inception, Talga has invested in R&D across Europe (Sweden, Germany and the UK). Further R&D funding would aid the supply chain in enabling best practice and increased innovation. In addition, fostering of technical expertise must be considered. Special visas, tax breaks and other financial incentives could make Europe a more attractive labour market for battery scientists who are in short supply. The EU has the means to produce the greenest critical raw materials in the world if it prioritises responsible and strategic domestic projects. The Critical Raw Materials Act is Europes chance to champion the digital and green transition.
Read full responseMeeting with Eszter Batta (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
28 Oct 2022 · Raw materials
Meeting with Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and EUROMETAUX and
25 Jul 2022 · Raw materials.
Meeting with Erik Bergkvist (Member of the European Parliament)
17 May 2022 · Samtal om aktuella frågor i EU