Back to black
By Davide Ghilotti
Published: Thursday, 14 December 2017
The graphite industry has gone through a year marked by abrupt changes in supply patterns and market prices - various factors shook up the sector after years of weakness. Demand from refractories and batteries is growing, injecting new hope to the industry, Industrial Minerals deputy editor, Davide Ghilotti writes.
It has been quite a year for graphite, one in which security
of supply and price swings have pushed the mineral back onto
the main commodities stage.
Looking back on a year in which there were arguably more
changes than in the previous five or six years combined, one
thing...