Louied91
5 days ago
$BIEI Premier Graphene Targets Graphene-Enhanced Asphalt as a Potential Market Larger than Cement
https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2024/07/23/2917026/0/en/Premier-Graphene-Targets-Graphene-Enhanced-Asphalt-as-a-Potential-Market-Larger-than-Cement.html
EL CENTRO, Calif., July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Premier Graphene, Inc. (OTC: BIEI) announced today the commencement of testing for its partner company’s proprietary graphene-enhanced asphalt. These tests will evaluate the durability, thermal properties, cost-efficiency, and environmental impact of HGI Industrial Technologies and Premier’s proprietary graphene-enhanced asphalt compared to traditional asphalt formulations.
Approximately 90% of roads in the United States are constructed using asphalt mixtures, making asphalt pavement the predominant choice globally. However, this widely used road surface faces unprecedented challenges. In cold weather regions, annual repair budgets have historically reached hundreds of millions of dollars due to damage caused by snowplows. Moreover, rising global temperatures from climate change are increasingly stressing road infrastructure in hot climates, leading to issues like cracks, rutting, and loose pavement.
To enhance the longevity and performance of asphalt, companies worldwide are urgently seeking economically viable modification technologies. Currently, asphalt is modified using materials such as rubber, plastics, and resins. However, these modifications come with their own set of challenges, including lengthy preparation protocols, stabilization during storage, and difficulties in mixing at both plants and job sites.
Recently, the world's largest materials companies have started incorporating nanoscale materials into asphalt to significantly enhance its performance and durability. Graphene, extensively studied across physics, chemistry, engineering, and materials science for its strength, durability, and conductivity, shows immense promise in various infrastructure applications like roads and bridges. Premier Graphene is integrating HGI’s proprietary graphene formulation into asphalt mixtures to assess structural strength, thermal conductivity, and cost-effectiveness in some of the world's hottest and coldest regions.
One crucial advantage of graphene is its lower aspect ratio compared to other carbon nanomaterials, plastics, and resins, facilitating easier use at job sites. Using graphene ensures consistent mixture ratios, unlike traditional additives such as rubbers, polymers, and other carbon materials.
Premier Graphene is currently conducting 3rd party testing on HGI’s proprietary graphene/asphalt mixtures to identify the optimal ratio for enhanced ease of use, mechanical strength, thermal stability, and overall durability of graphene-enhanced asphalt. By identifying this ideal ratio, which offers significantly improved properties over conventional asphalt blends, Premier Graphene aims to potentially save billions of dollars annually for federal, state, and local municipalities by drastically cutting down on road maintenance costs, all while significantly extending the life and quality of the resulting product.
Pedro Mendez, President of Premier Graphene stated: “Our early, initial tests have yielded outstanding results. Our team believes that HGI's unique graphene formulation, particularly given the results to date, is destined to dramatically affect the durability of asphalt by enhancing its resistance. By using less asphalt, our discovery may have dramatic results on reducing CO2 emissions.”
Mr. Mendez added: “There is no street in North America that doesn’t have either asphalt or concrete either on the roads or as part of a building structure. We are initially targeting what we believe are two of the largest potential markets for graphene dispersions. Additionally, these are two of the most efficacious uses, at least perhaps other than the military applications we are targeting.”
After Premier Graphene identifies the optimum mix ratio, the company will work with large multinational road construction companies to selectively build specific sections of road strategically located in extremely cold weather regions, high-temperature regions, high traffic and environmentally affected areas with the graphene-enhanced asphalt. Transportation of America estimates that the annual cost to keep the United States federally operated existing roadwork in acceptable repair quality and to upgrade roads that are graded as poor to good is $231 billion per year. Long-term monitoring of these select sections of road with graphene-enhanced asphalt will establish conclusive data on the numerous benefits of graphene-enhanced asphalt.
Louied91
3 weeks ago
$BIEI Premier Graphene, Inc. Ships Advanced Graphene Suspension Samples to Global Leader in Essential Materials
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/07/08/2909464/0/en/Premier-Graphene-Inc-Ships-Advanced-Graphene-Suspension-Samples-to-Global-Leader-in-Essential-Materials.html
EL CENTRO, Calif., July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Premier Graphene, Inc. (OTC PINK: BIEI) announced today that it shipped HGI’s proprietary graphene suspension test samples to one of the largest essential materials companies in the world for use in concrete. This essential materials company is adding graphene samples to concrete to confirm the game changing improved qualities of this concrete as measured by HGI’s in-house tests. Premier Graphene Inc. has exclusive distribution rights in the United States for this high-quality, economically viable graphene, as well as all graphene colloids and graphene suspensions created by HGI.
Cement is the essential ingredient of concrete. Concrete is made by combining water, cement and aggregates (such as sand and gravel) to make the most essential building material throughout the world. By adding the graphene suspension samples to the concrete mixture, the improved characteristics have the potential to universally change the characteristics of concrete by making concrete greener, stronger, while reducing curing time, increasing durability and reducing maintenance, resulting in a substantial reduction in concrete material costs.
With almost 8,000 employees, with a dominant distribution system in North America including almost 800 operating locations, this worldwide leader in the aggregate and cement business presents an extraordinary opportunity for Premier and HGI. With over a century of operational expertise and a public market value exceeding $50 billion USD, Premier Graphene’s potential partner leads North America in sustainable construction materials, road contracting, and building products sales.
This interest was prompted by the independent laboratory’s reported 32% increase in compression strength over standard concrete at 28 days. The laboratory tested concrete reduced concrete porosity, enhanced durability, while reducing the amount of cement and concrete used based on a ratio of concrete/square foot. The reduction of concrete using the concrete enhanced with HGI’s graphene has the potential to significantly reduce construction costs by reducing the ratio of cement in future hydraulic cement mixes.
Graphene, renowned as one of the most valuable materials globally, holds promise across diverse applications including construction, medical fields, electric vehicle batteries, and environmental remediation. Several months ago, HGI Industrial Technologies, with assistance from Premier Graphene, initiated testing of HGI’s proprietary graphene suspensions designed to enhance cement's structural properties. Initial trials demonstrated a significant reduction in carbon emissions—up to 30% less compared to conventional cement—by incorporating graphene, which could potentially mitigate 5% of global carbon emissions linked to cement production.
Moreover, in just seven days HGI’s proprietary graphene suspensions facilitated a 15% increase in compression strength over standard concrete, alongside reduced concrete porosity, enhancing durability. That disparity in strength over conventional concrete increased to 25.6% after 14 days and to 32% when tested after 28 days! After the results of the test were known, a special group consisting of the company’s top engineers within their divisions held an hour(s) long Zoom call meeting and presentation with top Premier Graphene personnel including President Pedro Mendez, CTO Gustavo Carreño and CMO Dr. Richard Goulding to discuss sales, marketing and distribution plans.
Pedro Mendez, President of Premier Graphene, remarked, “We are thrilled by the interest in our graphene suspension samples. Our internal tests have confirmed multiple advantages that position our green cement product strongly in the market. These include increased strength with reduced cement usage, substantial carbon footprint reduction, and enhanced durability. Next step/application – asphalt, and metal alloys.”
Mr. Mendez continued, “We anticipate strong market adoption driven by our cost effective graphene production methods and established, remarkable efficacy. Our strategy encompasses both graphene colloids for customized mixing by manufacturers and the development of graphene-based products like epoxies and lubricants. This phased approach minimizes capital expenditures while maximizing product innovation.”