A Stockholm-based trading bridge between the Ragedara mine — Sri Lanka's historic vein graphite source — and industrial buyers across Europe and beyond. Direct sourcing. Full documentation. No intermediaries.
Graphite.se is a Stockholm-based supplier specialising in premium natural vein graphite from Sri Lanka — the only country in the world producing commercial quantities of this extraordinary material. We operate as a direct trading bridge between the historic Ragedara mine and industrial buyers across Europe and beyond.
Sri Lanka's vein graphite — historically traded under the name Ceylon graphite — is fundamentally different from the flake or amorphous graphite sourced from China, Brazil or Madagascar. Formed over millions of years as carbon precipitated from hydrothermal fluids deep in the Earth's crust, Sri Lankan vein graphite achieves natural purities of 90–99.5% Cg — purities that flake graphite only achieves after acid treatment and intensive chemical processing.
Ceylon graphite has been exported from Sri Lanka since the 18th century, first to British pencil manufacturers and later to global industry. The Ragedara mine carries a documented supply history stretching back to this colonial era, making it one of the most traceable mineral sources in the world. Today the same geological deposit supplies battery manufacturers, refractory producers, lubricant formulators, and advanced materials researchers with a product that no amount of processing elsewhere can replicate.
We supply a full range of purity grades from 80% to 99.5% carbon content, ground to specification for the specific demands of each industry. Whether you are sourcing for battery anode production, steel plant refractories, precision lubricants, or advanced graphene synthesis, our graphite delivers consistent quality backed by independent third-party analysis.
All orders are a minimum of 20 metric tonnes, shipped in sealed containers from Colombo Port, Sri Lanka. We provide full documentation including Certificate of Analysis, Bill of Lading, MSDS, and packing list for every shipment.
Ceylon graphite refers to Sri Lankan vein graphite, named after the island's colonial-era designation. The term remains standard in materials science literature, academic papers and procurement specifications worldwide. When you see "Ceylon graphite" or "Ceylon vein graphite" referenced in a technical document, it describes the same material we supply from the Ragedara mine.
Sri Lankan vein graphite is mined via small-scale underground methods with a documented supply history stretching back to the 18th century. Unlike large-scale open-pit flake graphite operations in China, Madagascar and Mozambique, Ragedara mine production does not involve strip mining, chemical flotation circuits or toxic tailings ponds.
For European buyers subject to the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) or internal ESG reporting requirements, we can provide a comprehensive documentation package:
Graphite is classified as a Critical Raw Material by the European Commission under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act. Sourcing from Sri Lanka reduces supply concentration risk associated with China's export licensing regime, which has restricted high-grade graphite exports since October 2023. Sri Lankan vein graphite is entirely outside the Chinese supply chain and unaffected by these restrictions.
For a full overview of the supply security case for Ceylon graphite, see our Supply Security page.
Every batch is verified by independent laboratory analysis. We only supply graphite that meets the stated purity specification — no compromises. Certificate of Analysis provided with every shipment.
Our graphite comes from one mine: the Ragedara mine in Sri Lanka, with a documented history stretching back to the 18th century. You know exactly where your graphite originates and can trace it to its geological source.
Sri Lankan vein graphite is mined via small-scale underground methods that minimise land disturbance — no vast open-pit operations, no chemical flotation plants, no toxic tailings ponds. A materially cleaner supply chain than most graphite alternatives.