Finance · Energy
BILLINGSHURST, UNITED KINGDOM, Aug. 24, 2026 -- Energys Group Limited (NASDAQ: ENGS) (“Energys Group” or the “Company”), a vertically integrated energy efficiency and decarbonization solutions provider for the built environment, is pleased to announce the acquisition by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Energys Group Limited (UK), of two of its key delivery and fulfillment partners, Cube Lighting and Design Limited (UK company number 10103283) (“Cube Lighting”) and Cube Solar Installations Limited (UK company number 15900699) (“Cube Solar”). The acquisitions were effective August 20, 2026.
Aug 24 · 17:02·GlobeNewswire
Sustainability
Brooksville, Florida--(August 24, 2026) - Tersis Technologies, Inc. (OTCID: TERS) ("Tersis" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Ameri-Green Environmental Recycling, LLC ("Ameri-Green") establishing a framework for the parties to pursue a joint venture focused on the deployment and commercialization of Tersis' SynGenic V3 resource-recovery technology in Americus, Georgia.Tersis Technologies and Ameri-Green...
Aug 24 · 15:11·Newsfile
AI · Healthcare
“AI is helping functional nutrition become more personalized, science-driven and responsive to changing consumer health needs.”
Aug 24 · 15:07·GlobeNewswire
SaaS · Energy
Delray Beach, FL , Aug. 24, 2026 -- According to MarketsandMarkets, the global Electrolyzers Market size is projected to reach USD 14.48 billion by 2031 from USD 2.08 billion in 2025, at a CAGR of 38.2% during the forecast period. The expansion of renewable energy deployment, national hydrogen mission programs, and the rising integration of green power into industrial and mobility applications are driving the growth of the electrolyzers market. Electrolyzers play a crucial role in enabling the production of green hydrogen, decarbonizing energy systems, and supporting clean power generation across various sectors, including energy (CHP/Power), mobility, industrial chemicals, and grid injection. The demand for electrolyzers is further supported by rapid electrification trends, increasing green hydrogen blending targets, the growth of fuel-cell mobility solutions, and a stronger policy focus on net-zero emissions and energy security.
Aug 24 · 12:15·GlobeNewswire
AI · Energy
SINGAPORE, Aug 24, 2026 - SK tes, a global leader in sustainable technology services, today announced the release of its 2025 Sustainability Report, Resilience in the Circular Economy, demonstrating how circular economy solutions are helping organizations navigate changing working models, resource constraint, regulatory change, and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI). The theme of this year's report reflects SK tes' brief that circularity is no longer solely about waste reduction and resource recovery, but a strategic enabler of business resilience, resource security, and long-term value creation.
As industries face accelerating technology refresh cycles, evolving regulations, and increasing pressure to deliver on sustainability commitments, the report explores how circular economy principles can help business build more resilient supply chains while reducing environmental impact. The report also examines the growing influence of AI and data center expansion on global technology lifecycles, highlighting the critical role of responsible IT asset disposition (ITAD), reuse, and material recovery in supporting a sustainable digital economy.
The report details SK tes' continued progress across its Protect, Preserve, and Provide sustainability strategy, including advances in climate action, responsible e-waste management, data security, workforce wellbeing, ethical business conduct, diversity and inclusion, and sustainable innovation. It also outlines the company's first Double Materiality Assessment (DMA), which provides a deeper understanding of both SK tes' impacts on society and the environment and the sustainability issues most material to the business and its stakeholders.
"This year we highlight the growing importance of resilience. Global supply chains continue to experience disruption from geopolitical circumstances, trade restrictions, resource constraints, inflationary pressures, and climate-related risks. The need for resilient circular economy solutions has never been greater. While circularity is often viewed through the lens of resource recovery and waste reduction, its true value extends much further - helping organizations strengthen business continuity, improve resource security and create long-term competitive advantage." - Jin Mo Lee, CEO, SK tes
The report identifies several emerging trends shaping the future of circularity, including the rapid growth of AI infrastructure. As AI drives unprecedented demand for servers, advanced chips and data center capacity, SK tes highlights the importance of extending hardware lifecycles, maximizing reuse opportunities, and recovering valuable materials from end-of-life technology. The report notes that circular approaches remain a critical lever for reducing the environmental footprint of AI while supporting the transition to a more resource-efficient economy.
"At SK tes, sustainability is not a separate agenda. It is how we create value, manage risk, innovate, and build long-term resilience for our clients, employees and communities. Our 2025 Sustainability Report marks the evolution of SK tes from a technology lifecycle services provider into a trusted sustainability partner. Through initiatives such as our Double Materiality Assessment, ESG Quality Framework, Carbon Roadmap, and ongoing innovation in circular solutions, we are helping businesses transform their sustainability ambitions into measurable outcomes while preparing for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow." - Alvin Piadasa, Group Sustainability Director, SK tes
Among the year's achievements, SK tes strengthened its sustainability governance framework, enhanced independent verification and assurance processes, expanded renewable energy usage, and continued developing innovative circular services. The company also advanced its Carbon Roadmap, helping customers connect circularity with climate action through avoided emissions measurement, enhanced carbon reporting, and future carbon inset opportunities.
The report also provides a progress update on SK tes' long-term mission to make a Decade of Difference by sustainably transforming and repurposing one billion kilograms of assets by 2030, as well as achieving the 2025 target to reduce landfill volumes. Looking ahead, SK tes will remain focused on strengthening governance, accelerating climate action, improving transparency across its value chain, and developing innovative solutions that support a more resilient circular economy.
The full 2025 Sustainability Report: Resilience in the Circular Economy, is available to download from the SK tes website.
About SK Tes
SK tes is a global leader in sustainable technology lifecycle services, providing secure and compliant solutions for IT asset disposition, data center decommissioning, electronics recycling, battery recycling, and material recovery. Through its global network of facilities and circular economy expertise, SK tes helps organizations reduce risk, recover value, and achieve their sustainability objectives. For more information, visit www.sktes.com.
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Aug 24 · 11:00·ACN Newswire
Finance · SaaS
HONG KONG, August 24, 2026 - Shougang Century Holdings Limited (0103.HK) maintained growth in the first half of 2026, with revenue rising 14.1% year on year and export business continuing to accelerate. More notable than the headline figures is the transformation underway at a manufacturer that has specialized in steel cord for decades. The Company is simultaneously cultivating new growth engines in advanced materials: horizontally extending its tyre reinforcement materials portfolio into industrial rayon, while vertically applying its precision metal-wire manufacturing capabilities to robotics, a key future growth sector. A transition from a single-product steel cord supplier into a collaborative advanced-materials platform is increasingly taking shape.
Horizontal Expansion: Partnering with a Global Rayon Leader to Build a Dual Reinforcement Materials Portfolio of Steel Cord and Industrial Rayon
The Company recently entered into a cooperation framework agreement (the "Cooperation Framework Agreement") with HONG KONG BMC (EUROPE I) LIMITED ("HK BMC"). Pursuant to the agreement, the parties preliminarily intend to jointly establish a joint venture, with a view to achieving complementary strengths and synergies in the field of tyre reinforcement materials and jointly exploring the global market for industrial rayon products. The proposed cooperation marks a further horizontal extension by Shougang Century along its existing tyre reinforcement materials value chain, with a multi-material product portfolio combining steel cord and industrial rayon gradually taking shape.
According to the announcement, HK BMC is a controlling shareholder of Germany-based Cordenka GmbH & Co. KG ("Cordenka"). Cordenka is a world-leading manufacturer of industrial rayon, a high-performance tyre carcass reinforcement material. Shougang Century and Cordenka are both major suppliers of tyre reinforcement materials, with a highly overlapping customer base and strong business complementarity.
This initiative is not a move into an unrelated sector, but a targeted extension along the Company's existing value chain. Steel cord and industrial rayon are both important components of tyre reinforcement materials. The announcement noted that Shougang Century and Cordenka have highly overlapping customer bases and complementary businesses. Following the establishment of the joint venture, the parties plan to integrate product lines and customer resources, further strengthening their influence and brand presence in the global tyre supply chain.
This means that Shougang Century would not need to build market channels for industrial rayon entirely from scratch. Instead, it is expected to leverage the parties' existing relationships with leading global tyre manufacturers to pursue product synergies and cross-selling within established certification and supply-chain systems. Shougang Century has already built a solid customer base, with customer coverage of approximately 90%, 70% and 66% among the world's top 10, top 20 and top 50 tyre companies, respectively. Its three largest customers continue to be well-known overseas tyre manufacturers. Meanwhile, Cordenka brings technology expertise and international customer resources in industrial rayon. The strong overlap between their customer bases and the complementary nature of their products could deepen product penetration within individual customers and enhance synergies across the global tyre supply chain.
From a longer-term strategic perspective, the industrial rayon initiative also aligns with Shougang Century's push toward higher-end product development, sustainability and globalization. In recent years, the Company has continued to increase the proportion of Super Tensile (ST) and Ultra Tensile (UT) steel cord products, while a new generation of Mega Tensile (MT) products is gradually being introduced to the market. The Company has also begun volume supply of products containing more than 70% recycled steel. Cordenka's industrial rayon, meanwhile, is produced from wood pulp and has a lower carbon footprint than conventional petrochemical-based materials. If the cooperation progresses smoothly, Shougang Century's tyre reinforcement materials portfolio could expand from steel cord alone to a combination of steel cord and industrial rayon, enriching its product mix while further strengthening its higher-end, sustainable and global positioning.
Vertical Breakthrough: Robot Tendon Cables Enter Commercial Validation as Precision Manufacturing Capabilities Expand into New Applications
At the same time, Shougang Century is extending its existing materials expertise and manufacturing capabilities into new high-growth applications. Building on its long-standing capabilities in precision steel-wire drawing, stranding and metal-material processing, the Company has installed a full set of production equipment dedicated to robot tendon cables. Its products cover tendon cables made from a range of metallic materials, including steel wire and tungsten wire. The Company can also apply surface coatings and manufacture terminals according to customer requirements, supporting a wide range of customized specifications. It has already engaged with multiple downstream robotics companies, and as certain product samples have received customer approval and entered small-batch supply, Shougang Century's robot tendon cable business has begun the commercial validation stage.
Market analysts noted that industrial rayon represents Shougang Century's horizontal expansion within the tyre reinforcement materials value chain, while robot tendon cables represent an extension of the Company's precision metal-wire manufacturing capabilities into emerging applications such as robotics. Together, these two pathways broaden the growth potential of the Company's advanced-materials business.
From a capital markets perspective, Shougang Century is developing a clearer multi-layered growth profile. Its traditional steel cord business provides the operating foundation, while overseas market expansion and upgrades to higher-end ST, UT and MT products support growth in the core business. New-materials businesses such as industrial rayon and robot tendon cables, meanwhile, could open up additional growth opportunities and valuation upside.
Alongside growth, the Company continues to strengthen shareholder returns. The final dividend for 2025 was HK7.8 cents per share, representing an expected total dividend payment of approximately HK$40.5 million and a payout ratio of about 72% based on earnings per share. Under the previously announced dividend distribution plan for 2024 to 2028, the Company intends to distribute no less than HK$40 million in dividends each year, further reinforcing the foundation for long-term shareholder returns alongside business expansion.
As the new industrial rayon cooperation advances and new businesses such as robot tendon cables enter the commercial validation stage, Shougang Century is extending beyond its traditional steel cord business toward a broader model of globalized tyre reinforcement materials and diversified advanced materials. As the relevant projects are implemented, synergies across products, customers and application scenarios are expected to be further unlocked, accelerating the Company's evolution from a traditional steel cord manufacturer into a global advanced-manufacturing platform.
Aug 24 · 09:20·ACN Newswire
Healthcare · Retail
Health, Safety and Sustainability Trends Drive Demand for Durable, Chemical-Free Cookware as Material Innovation and Direct-to-Consumer Sales Expand
Health, Safety and Sustainability Trends Drive Demand for Durable, Chemical-Free Cookware as Material Innovation and Direct-to-Consumer Sales Expand
Aug 24 · 08:53·GlobeNewswire
SaaS · Energy
The trade underlines the growing importance of greenhouse gas quota reductions in decarbonisation HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 24, 2026 -- The first transaction in German greenhouse gas (THG) quota reductions has been initiated on the Argus Open Markets (AOM®) platform, marking a...
Aug 24 · 08:06·PR Newswire
Sustainability
BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 2026 -- Jungbunzlauer, a global leader in high-quality, sustainable ingredients from natural sources, has further strengthened its sustainability performance in the latest EcoVadis assessment. Jungbunzlauer improved its overall score from 84 to 85...
Aug 24 · 08:00·PR Newswire
AI · SaaS
HONG KONG, August 24, 2026 - Hong Kong's position as one of Asia's most prominent sustainable fashion hubs has been further strengthened, with the HKTDC ESG Index 2026 released by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) for the fashion industry rising to 65.5 in 2026, up 2.3 percentage points from 2025. The increase reflects growing industry confidence in Hong Kong as a premier platform for sustainable fashion development and ESG-related business opportunities.
The latest findings also highlight the increasing commercial value of sustainability. Among exhibitors offering ESG-related products or services, 61% reported achieving additional profit margins of at least 10%, while 47% of buyers sourcing ESG-related products were willing to pay a premium of 10% or more.
The results show that ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is increasingly embedded across the fashion value chain, while businesses recognise its potential to drive innovation, competitiveness and growth. The proportion of fashion practitioners considering ESG essential rose from 85% in 2025 to 92% in 2026, with those rating it "very important" increasing overall from 15% to 23%. This trend was markedly stronger among Chinese Mainland respondents, with 45% of whom regarded ESG as "very important" in business decision-making, representing a significant 27 percentage-point increase compared with 2025.
HKTDC Principal Economist (Global Research Team) Alice Tsang, said: "The latest findings show sustainability is becoming an increasingly important commercial driver for the fashion industry. Not only are more companies integrating ESG into their business strategies, but many are also seeing tangible financial benefits. The strong profit margins reported by ESG-related suppliers, together with buyers' willingness to pay significant premiums for sustainable products, demonstrate that sustainability helps create business value. This trend, combined with Hong Kong's strengths in international connectivity, green finance and professional services, reinforces the city's role as a leading sustainable fashion hub in Asia."
Hong Kong's ESG ecosystem earns strong industry recognition
Hong Kong's strengthening position as a sustainable fashion hub was reflected across all three ESG dimensions. While the overall ESG Index rose to 65.5, all three sub-indices for the fashion industry also recorded gains, with the Environmental Sub-index increasing to 64.3, the Social Sub-index climbing to 67.0, and the Governance Sub-index advancing to 66.1. The results indicate that fashion practitioners increasingly value Hong Kong's strengths in green finance and sustainable investment opportunities, cross-border ESG knowledge exchange and business collaboration, as well as its effective ESG reporting framework and international connectivity. Together, these advantages reinforce Hong Kong's role as a leading platform for sustainable fashion development in Asia.
ESG adoption delivers business value
In addition to assessing Hong Kong's strengths as a sustainable fashion hub, the research highlights that sustainability is increasingly becoming an integral part of business strategy, product development and sourcing decisions, reflecting both evolving market expectations and emerging business opportunities. Other key findings:
The share of fashion practitioners engaged in sourcing or selling ESG-related products and services rose from 33% in 2025 to 46% in 2026.
Sustainable supply chain platforms (54%), AI analytics (31%) and supplier collaboration tools (31%) were identified as the most valuable digital solutions that Hong Kong offers for supporting ESG compliance.
Respondents cited tools for better transparency and traceability (44%), ESG certification (40%), and ESG audits and risk analysis solutions (28%) as the top three supply chain solutions that Hong Kong offers for complying ESG reporting requirements across complex supply chains.
HKTDC Director of Research Bruce Pang added: "Fashion businesses increasingly recognise Hong Kong's unique strengths and solutions, which positions the city as an ideal platform for companies looking to identify sustainable business opportunities, forge international partnerships and navigate evolving global ESG requirements. With events like CENTRESTAGE facilitating the exchange and showcase of innovative and sustainable fashion, Hong Kong is well placed to support the industry's transition towards a more sustainable future."
HKTDC advancing sustainable fashion development
The HKTDC is committed to promoting sustainable business development through its trade fairs, conferences, market intelligence and business-matching platforms. From Fashion InStyle and NEXT@Fashion InStyle, which drive innovation in sustainable fashion and materials, to CENTRESTAGE, taking place this September, where designers, brands and buyers will explore emerging trends including sustainability and responsible fashion, HKTDC continues to connect industry players with new ideas, partners and opportunities. Beyond fashion, HKTDC advances dialogue on ESG, sustainability reporting and green finance through major conferences and research initiatives, supporting businesses in navigating the global sustainability transition.
Reference:
Full article of “Very Much in Style: ESG in the Fashion Industry”:
https://research.hktdc.com/en/article/MjQwMzc3MzI2NA
HKTDC Research website: https://research.hktdc.com/en/
CENTRESTAGE 2026: https://www.hktdc.com/event/centrestage/en
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About HKTDC
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The HKTDC is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With over 50 offices globally, including 13 in the Chinese Mainland, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus.
Aug 24 · 04:50·ACN Newswire
Finance · Logistics
NORTH WALES, PA, Aug. 21, 2026 -- Toppoint Holdings Inc. (“Toppoint” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: TOPP), a truckload services and solutions provider focused on the recycling export supply chain, today announced that its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), originally scheduled for August 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, has been postponed. The Annual Meeting is now scheduled to be held virtually via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TOPP2026 on September 8, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time.
Aug 21 · 20:15·GlobeNewswire
Finance · SaaS
OTTAWA, ON, Aug 21, 2026 - Focus Graphite Inc. (TSXV: FMS) (OTCQB: FCSMF) (FSE: FKC0) ("Focus" or the "Company"), a Canadian developer of high-grade flake graphite deposits and advanced graphite materials for battery, defence and industrial applications, is pleased to highlight the Government of Canada's recognition of infrastructure supporting the Company's 100%-owned Lac Knife Graphite Project ("Lac Knife" or the "Project") in Prime Minister Mark Carney's August 17, 2026 announcement advancing clean-energy and critical-minerals infrastructure across the Labrador Trough1.
The Government of Canada identified Focus Graphite's Lac Knife infrastructure initiative among four strategic pre-development projects supported and funded through Natural Resources Canada's ("NRCan") First and Last Mile Fund ("FLMF"), describing the planned road and electrical connection as supporting the development of battery and energy-storage technologies required by Canada and its allies.
The recognition follows Focus's June 3, 2026 announcement that it secured C$1,378,700 in non-repayable federal funding to advance engineering, environmental, permitting, Indigenous engagement and feasibility activities for Lac Knife's road and electrical infrastructure2. The funding represents approximately 50% of eligible project costs.
Focus has now completed an independent electrical infrastructure desktop study (the "Study") prepared by Norda Stelo Inc. ("Norda Stelo"), identifying a preferred pathway for connecting Lac Knife to Quebec's hydroelectric grid.
"Lac Knife's recognition within the Prime Minister's announcement reinforces the strategic importance of bringing Canadian critical mineral projects and their enabling infrastructure forward," said Dean Hanisch, Chief Executive Officer of Focus Graphite. "We are already turning that support into tangible progress. With both our access-road and electrical desktop studies now complete, we are identifying meaningful infrastructure efficiencies relative to the 2023 Feasibility Study. The preferred electrical strategy provides a pathway to significantly reduce power-related capital requirements while connecting Lac Knife to Quebec's clean hydroelectric grid. We are grateful for Canada's continued support."
"Infrastructure and access to power remain key constraints for mine development, with direct implications for capital, execution and timelines," said Jason Latkowcer, Vice President, Corporate Development of Focus Graphite. "Canada's investment in energy and critical-mineral infrastructure is helping define a clearer development pathway for Lac Knife. Advancing that work reduces development uncertainty and provides a stronger basis for future capital allocation and evaluation by potential strategic, financing and other investment partners."
"Critical minerals are essential to Canada's economic prosperity, security, and sustainability, and we are proud to advance Canadian mineral supply chains as a part of the historic Churchill Falls and Labrador Trough announcement," said the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. "As a part of this nation-building initiative, through our First and Last Mile Fund, Canada is advancing the infrastructure we need to unlock projects like Lac Knife and strengthen Canada's critical minerals value chain. This is how your federal government is working with industry to build a stronger, more competitive critical minerals sector; create opportunities for Indigenous and local communities; and deliver minerals Canada and our allies need for clean technologies, advanced manufacturing and defence applications."
Preferred Hydro-Quebec Connection Strategy
Norda Stelo evaluated seven potential electrical supply scenarios against technical feasibility, constructability, cost, environmental considerations and execution requirements. The Study identified a direct connection to Hydro-Quebec's three-phase, 34.5-kV distribution grid as the preferred solution, with the connection extending across public lands to the Lac Knife property.
The preferred configuration would require approximately 30.7 kilometres of electrical infrastructure, consisting of the upgrade of approximately 3.17 kilometres of existing single-phase line to three-phase service and the construction of approximately 27.5 kilometres of new three-phase distribution line extending to the Project. The new distribution line would largely follow established corridors, including the Hydro-Quebec transmission corridor, Highway 389 and the Project's planned access-road corridor.
Under this approach, Hydro-Quebec would construct the principal distribution infrastructure on behalf of Focus, reducing the Company's direct construction and coordination requirements while also placing responsibility for associated environmental permitting and long-term maintenance of the distribution line with Hydro-Quebec.
Potential Capital Savings Relative to 2023 Feasibility Study
The preferred strategy also creates an opportunity to significantly reduce the power-related capital requirements contemplated in Lac Knife's 2023 Feasibility Study Update ("FSU").
The 2023 FSU included C$19.9 million in initial capital for Power and Communications infrastructure, within total estimated pre-production capital of approximately C$236.9 million. The Norda Stelo Study identified several factors that could reduce these requirements. These include reducing the anticipated length of new power-line construction from approximately 50 kilometres to approximately 27.5 kilometres, eliminating the need for additional infrastructure at Hydro-Quebec's Normand substation, and identifying that certain power-line construction costs contemplated in the FSU may have been overestimated. The Study also identified the potential for Hydro-Quebec to construct the distribution line at its standard per-kilometre cost.
Based on the assumptions evaluated in the Norda Stelo Study, the preferred strategy is estimated to have the potential to reduce Focus's direct power-related capital requirements by more than 50% relative to the power infrastructure assumptions contained in the 2023 FSU. This estimate is preliminary, is based on a desktop-level assessment and should not be interpreted as an updated capital cost estimate for the Project. Any actual reduction will depend on Hydro-Quebec's final connection requirements and cost responsibilities, detailed engineering and the scope of remaining on-site electrical infrastructure. There can be no assurance that the estimated reduction will be realized.
Next Steps
Focus intends to continue working with Hydro-Quebec and its engineering consultants to advance the preferred connection strategy, confirm technical requirements and define future cost responsibilities.
The electrical work is being advanced alongside the Company's access-road planning, environmental permitting, engineering and Indigenous engagement programs under the federally supported FLMF initiative.
Natural graphite is designated as a critical mineral in Canada and is used across battery, energy-storage, defence and advanced-material applications. Focus continues to advance Lac Knife through engineering, environmental, permitting and Indigenous engagement activities.
Figure 1: Proposed Access Road, Lac Knife (Norda Stelo / IOS Geosciences, 2026)
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The technical content disclosed in this news release was reviewed and approved by Rejean Girard, P.Geo (Qc), President of IOS Geosciences Inc., a consultant to the Company, and a qualified person as defined under National Instrument NI 43-101.
About Focus Graphite Advanced Materials Inc.
Focus Graphite is building an integrated graphite platform to supply the industries shaping the future. Through the development of world-class graphite resources, advanced processing technologies and higher-value advanced materials, the Company is positioning itself to support battery, defence, advanced manufacturing and other strategic industries across North America and allied markets.
The platform is anchored by the Company's two 100%-owned graphite assets in Quebec. Lac Knife is one of North America's highest-grade feasibility-stage graphite deposits, while Lac Tetepisca is one of the largest identified graphite resources globally. Together with strategic technology partnerships and government-supported innovation initiatives, these assets provide the foundation for a secure, scalable and increasingly integrated graphite supply chain.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any of the words "could," "intend," "expect," "believe," "will," "projected," "estimated," and similar expressions, as well as statements relating to matters that are not historical facts, are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the Company's current beliefs or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events.
In particular, this press release contains forward-looking information regarding, among other things, the preferred electrical connection strategy identified for the Lac Knife Graphite Project; the potential connection of Lac Knife to Hydro-Quebec's three-phase, 34.5-kV distribution grid; the anticipated configuration, routing and length of the proposed electrical infrastructure, including the upgrade of existing distribution infrastructure and construction of new three-phase distribution line; the potential construction, permitting, ownership, operation and long-term maintenance of the principal distribution infrastructure by Hydro-Quebec; the potential reduction in Focus's direct construction, coordination, permitting and maintenance responsibilities under the preferred strategy; the potential for the preferred electrical strategy to reduce Focus's direct power-related capital requirements by more than 50% relative to the power infrastructure assumptions contained in the 2023 Feasibility Study Update; the assumptions underlying that preliminary estimate and the extent to which any anticipated reduction may ultimately be realized; the nature and extent of Hydro-Quebec's final connection requirements, cost responsibilities and applicable construction costs; the results of future detailed engineering and the scope and cost of remaining on-site electrical infrastructure; the potential elimination of infrastructure previously contemplated at Hydro-Quebec's Normand substation; the continued advancement of the preferred electrical connection strategy and related discussions and engineering work with Hydro-Quebec and the Company's engineering consultants; the continued advancement of road and electrical infrastructure planning, environmental and permitting activities, engineering and Indigenous engagement under Natural Resources Canada's First and Last Mile Fund; the continued availability of federal funding and the Company's ability to satisfy applicable funding conditions and project requirements; the potential benefits of government-supported infrastructure initiatives to the advancement of Lac Knife; the potential for increasingly defined infrastructure planning to reduce development uncertainty and support future capital allocation, financing and evaluation by potential strategic or other investment partners; the continued advancement and future development of the Lac Knife Graphite Project; and the timing, scope, cost and results of future engineering, permitting, infrastructure development and other project-development activities.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to market conditions, regulatory approvals, changes in economic conditions, the ability to raise sufficient funds on acceptable terms or at all, operational risks associated with mineral exploration and development, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's public disclosure documents available under its profile on SEDAR+.
The forward-looking information contained in this release is made as of the date hereof, and the Company is not obligated to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Because of the risks, uncertainties, and assumptions contained herein, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
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1 https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/08/17/prime-minister-carney-announces-largest-clean-energy-investment-north
2 https://focusgraphite.com/focus-graphite-secures-up-to-c1-38-million-under-natural-resource-canadas-first-and-last-mile-fund/
Aug 21 · 09:29·ACN Newswire