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Jan 19 (Reuters) – Australia’s Syrah Resources said on Monday it agreed with Tesla to extend for the third time a ​deadline to resolve an alleged breach of their graphite supply ‌agreement.

The 2021 agreement to supply 8,000 metric tons of graphite a year over four ‌years is key to Syrah’s Vidalia, Louisiana operations and the company’s strategy to become the first major non‑Chinese supplier of the metal to the United States.

Texas-heaquartered Tesla issued the first default notice in July 2025, saying ⁠Syrah had failed to ‌deliver conforming active anode material samples from its Vidalia processing facility for use in electric‑vehicle batteries.

The companies have ‍now agreed to push the cure deadline to March 16, 2026, subject to approval from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The original September 16 deadline was extended ​to November 15 before it was pushed to January 16.

“While Syrah ‌does not accept it is in default under the offtake agreement, the parties have extended the cure date to March 16, 2026 and are closely collaborating to cure the alleged default,” the Australian miner said in a statement.

The Vidalia facility is the only vertically integrated, large-scale ⁠anode material producer outside China, offering ​an alternative to Chinese supplies that dominate ​the market.

Tesla, led by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, also retains the right to terminate the supply deal ‍if the active anode ⁠material supplied by Syrah does not meet its technical specifications by February 9.

Shares of the graphite producer fell 6.6% to A$0.285 ⁠in early trade on Monday, hitting their lowest level since December 22, while ‌the broader mining sub-index was up 0.6%.

(Reporting by Shruti Agarwal ‌in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara questioned the actions of the ICE agent who shot and killed protester Renee Good earlier this month during an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday. O’Hara said the agent violated “basic steps” that officers know about approaching vehicles.

Correspondent Cecilia Vega said the shooting has become a national “Rorschach test,” where some Americans see a “senseless killing” and others see an “officer defending his life.”

O’Hara said he has watched clips of the incident — and come away asking why the officer was in front of Good’s SUV right before the shooting.

“It’s not clear to me why he appears to be in the path of the vehicle more than once,” O’Hara said. “When you approach someone in a vehicle in a law enforcement encounter, there are very basic steps you take to ensure the officer’s safety and de-escalate the situation.”

Vega then said Vice President JD Vance put the blame for the shooting “squarely” on Good the day after the attack. She also said Homeland Security officials accused Good and her partner of “stalking” immigration officers; Vega did not mention DHS shared footage last week of Good blocking traffic for three minutes with her vehicle before agents approached her.

CBS News reported this week the ICE agent — Jonathan Ross — suffered internal bleeding after being struck by Good’s vehicle right before he opened fire.

O’Hara told 60 Minutes he was in favor of “targeted, precise pre-planned operations on violent offenders,” which he said are a “good thing.”

“But I’m concerned that people in the [Trump] administration don’t understand the reality of what is happening on the street,” he added.

The 60 Minutes crew also captured a heckler shouting at O’Hara that he was a “pig” who was enabling ICE while they he was walking-and-talking to Vega.

“People have a right to say disrespectful things… however, they cannot physically obstruct law enforcement from performing a function,” O’Hara said. “Those things are illegal.”

Watch above.

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