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April 2019
23 April 2019
Steel demand growth in Europe will slow this year due to a worsening trade environment and Brexit uncertainty.
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23 April 2019
China has reached peak annual steel consumption of 850-900 million tonnes, according to the China Iron and Steel Association (Cisa).
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23 April 2019
China’s output of crude steel and finished steel in the first quarter of 2019 both increased significantly year on year on good demand and healthy profits.
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23 April 2019
Following extensive market engagement, Fastmarkets has decided to extend the consultation period on a proposal to amend and delist some flake and amorphous graphite prices.
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18 April 2019
Increasing demand for graphite cathode for new energy vehicles (EV) and its cheaper price compared with synthetic graphite, is turning the attention of the market to the price of flake graphite, delegates at Fastmarkets’ Battery Materials Conference in Shanghai heard last week.
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16 April 2019
Tirupati boss expects to increase exports in response to rising demand, which is exceeding global supply.
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12 April 2019
Mining junior Walkabout has signed offtake deals for as much as 100% of the planned production of graphite concentrate from its Lindi Jumbo project in East Africa.
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12 April 2019
China’s major mills cut their daily output rates for crude steel in late March and their inventories of finished steel also dropped.
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11 April 2019
At the current pace of consumption, Latin American steel use miss earlier targets of 70.6 million tonnes in 2019.
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09 April 2019
Key talking points across the battery raw materials markets ahead of Fastmarkets’ second annual Battery Materials Conference, taking place this week in Shanghai, China.
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03 April 2019
Increased exports of graphite flake from Syrah Resources’ Balama operation in Mozambique have helped to bring down prices in Europe and China.
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03 April 2019
The memorandum of understanding will run for five years and covers 60% of flake graphite produced at the Mahenge Liandu project in Tanzania.
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03 April 2019
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March 2019
22 March 2019
Fastmarkets is proposing to amend the price specifications of all grades of flake graphite, and to delist two flake graphite prices and three amorphous graphite prices.
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22 March 2019
China’s flake graphite export prices dipped this week after exporters in the country cut their offer levels amid an abundance of the material in the market, while low buying interest compounded the weakness.
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20 March 2019
Output and supply from Syrah’s Balama graphite operation in Mozambique have not been affected by Cyclone Idai, the company said.
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19 March 2019
UK customers have increased orders of natural graphite on mounting uncertainty of trade agreements after the UK leaves the European Union.
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14 March 2019
The miner achieved lower than expected average prices in the quarter, but remains optimistic as output increases.
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11 March 2019
Chinese finished steel exports decreased in February on both a yearly and a month-on-month basis amid uncompetitive prices and fewer working days as a result of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday.
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08 March 2019
China’s major mills continued to raise their daily output rates for crude steel in mid-February, while their finished steel inventories also rose.