Industrial Minerals


UK graphite electrodes deemed “Chinese” by US anti-dumping law

06 August 2012

by Laura Syrett

UKCG accuses US Department of Commerce of “unwarranted protectionism”

Keywords: graphite, graphite electrodes, UK Carbon and Graphite, US, China

British manufacturer UK Carbon and Graphite Company Ltd (UKCG) has fallen foul of a US legal ruling designed to prevent dumping of small diameter graphite electrodes from China onto the US domestic market.

The US Department of Commerce found that the electrodes produced in UKCG’s Derbyshire, UK, plant were considered to be “Chinese” for...