Flake graphite market softening on rising supplies, uncertainty, sources say
By Jon Stibbs, Sybil Pan
Published: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
The strengthening of flake graphite prices since last September has eased with increasing volumes of supplies available following the restart of operations in China’s Heilongjiang province, although the Ukraine-Russia war and new Covid-19 outbreaks in China have added new uncertainties.
Flake graphite market prices have risen since last September
in response to the power crunch and the seasonal winter halt in
China that ran from December 2021 to April 2022.