Great Lakes Graphite secures international order.

Great Lakes Graphite is producing micronized graphite at this Matheson mill owned by Northfil Resources Ltd.

Great Lakes Graphite is continuing its momentum, announcing it has received another purchase order for its graphite.

Just a week after announcing it had secured three new purchase orders for 60 tons of micronized graphite--from the same U.S. company that purchased more than 420 tons of the material in 2016--the company said it has now received an order for synthetic graphite from a company in the Middle East.

The order is for 20 tons of synthetic graphite for use in the steel industry, which the company calls "a new and growing market opportunity."

"We see this development as a validation of our strategy to target a variety of product segments," Great Lakes Graphite CEO Paul Gorman said in a release.

"While our sales and marketing efforts have been focused upon North America, we are...