GLOBAL GRAPHITE SNAPSHOT: High freight costs continue to feed into cif Europe prices
By Jon Stibbs
Published: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe
for the week ended Thursday February 11.
|
Assessment (in $ per tonne) |
This week's price |
Previous week's price |
Weekly % change |
|
Graphite flake, 94% C, +100 mesh, cif Europe |
925 |
925 |
0 |
|
Graphite flake, 94% C, -100 mesh, cif Europe |
600 |
590 |
+1.7 |
|
Graphite flake, 94% C, +80 mesh, cif Europe |
1,020 |
1,020 |
0 |
|
Graphite flake, 94% C, +100 mesh, fob China |
890 |
890 |
0 |
|
Graphite flake, 94% C, -100 mesh, fob China |
560 |
560 |
0 |
|
Graphite flake, 94% C, +80% mesh, fob China |
1,100 |
1,100 |
0 |
|
Graphite spherical, 99.95% C, 15 microns, fob China
|
2,500-2,750 |
2,500-2,750
|
0 |
|
Graphite amorphous, 80% C, -200 mesh, fob China |
315-360 |
315-36-
|
0 |
|
Graphite amorphous, 80-85% C, -200 mesh, cif Europe
|
405-515
|
405-515
|
0 |
Europe
- High transportation costs from China continued to feed into the cif Europe
market, with deals for 94% C, -100 mesh material at
higher prices.
- Sharp price rises for amorphous and flake graphite seen
before the Lunar New Year holiday, February 11-17, will start
to slow once the Chinese market returns and production
resumes, according to one consumer.
- Demand in Europe has been increasing with both the
electric vehicle and steel sectors increasingly active,
according to another source.
China
- Prices were rolled over due to the Lunar New Year
holiday, in accordance with our methodology.
Graphite flake premium calculator
The Value in Use (VIU) was updated to 5% on January 1 for the
first quarter of 2021 from 4.8% in the fourth quarter of
2020.
|
Adjustment |
This quarter's VIU |
Previous quarter's VIU |
Quarterly change |
|
Carbon VIU in % |
5 |
4.8 |
0.2 |
The Carbon-VIU measures, in percentage terms, the price
value of one extra % of carbon content as reported in the
market.
The VIU is calculated using statistical methods and the large
amount of prices and data collected by Fastmarkets. The VIU
shown is the value implied by the market and not an in-house
assessment.
An example of what the Carbon VIU means practically: A
published Carbon VIU of 7% means that material with a 95%
carbon content is priced by the market, on average, 7% more
expensive than 94% carbon content material, assuming other
factors are equal.
Likewise, it means that 96% carbon content material would be 7%
more expensive than 95% material, and that 97% carbon content
material would be 7% more expensive than 96% material or 21%
more expensive than 94% carbon.
For more information, to provide feedback on this graphite
snapshot or if you would like to contribute to the price
discovery process, please contact Jon Stibbs or Sybil Pan by
email at: pricing@indmin.com. Please add the subject heading
"FAO: Jon Stibbs/Sybil Pan - graphite."