The risks are high especially investing in mineral mining stocks promoting their intentions to insert themselves in the graphite and graphene nascent industry. Nevertheless, graphene is the most exciting new industry since the digital revolution and there are companies worthy of investment consideration.
High Risks
- There are few publicly traded companies.
- Of those available many are in the R&D stage of development.
- Those mining minerals carry heavy baggage from governments.
- Others are in seed stage development with unconfirmed products for commercial and healthcare applications.
- Many of these companies are hindered by high costs and first stage technology for producing graphene in mass quantity.
Unending Growth Potential
Nevertheless, it is the most exciting new industry since the digital revolution. Materials & Chemicals Market Research News just released a report affirming, "We expect that China's graphene market size will grow at a compound annual rate of over 90% in 2016-2020." It also lists more than a dozen companies engaged in mining minerals, R&D, and commercialization of graphene.
Articles about graphene awakened me to the ways graphene will change our lives. The potential for graphene commercialization is seemingly unending, a sui generis.
Information about new applications of graphene in science publications out in the last few weeks detail applications for graphene having the potential to detect cancer cells, improve 3-D printing, make ammunition and guns more efficient and effective, produce a super-strong silk that conducts electricity, helps other materials handle 1,000 times more current than regular materials, build better, safer and longer lasting lithium ion batteries (demand is growing 20% per year), fuel cells, and nuclear reactors.
