Graphite latest news

• December 2021

  Graphite prices steady despite underlying supply concerns

  02 December 2021

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday December 2.

• Proposal to launch fob China graphite electrodes price assessments

  02 December 2021

  Fastmarkets proposes to launch two price assessments for high power (HP) and ultra high power (UHP) graphite electrodes, fob China.

• November 2021

  IN FIGURES: China’s refractory raw materials exports in October 2021

  29 November 2021

  A summary of China’s refractory raw materials exports in October 2021.

• Flake graphite prices regain stability ahead of winter closures

  25 November 2021

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday November 25.

• EU October car sales fall 30% on semiconductor shortage

  19 November 2021

  Passenger car sales in the European Union declined month-on-month in October 2021 due to the continuing global shortage of semiconductors for use in onboard electronics, making it the fourth consecutive month to show a double-digit percentage decrease.

• Flake, amorphous and spherical graphite prices surge on high costs and solid demand

  18 November 2021

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday November 18.

• Tight supply supports further price rises for larger graphite flake

  11 November 2021

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday November 11.

• Vesuvius raises refractory material prices amid semiconductor shortage, high raw material costs

  11 November 2021

  Refractory materials manufacturer Vesuvius has increased prices, pointing to the semiconductor shortage and high raw material costs as "major uncertainties" affecting the business.

• Posco Chemical acquire 15% stake in China's Sinuo New Materials Technology

  10 November 2021

  Posco Chemical Co, a unit of South Korean steelmaker Posco, plans to acquire a 15% stake in China's Sinuo New Material Technology, an integrated anode producer owned by Shenzhen Sinuo, which in turn is a subsidiary of Nations Technologies.

• China decarbonization could create graphite electrode shortage amid more EAF steelmaking

  09 November 2021

  China’s decarbonization drive could result in increased demand for graphite electrodes amid the global trend toward more steelmaking based on electric-arc furnaces (EAFs), although supply risks may continue in the near term against a backdrop of energy controls, sources have told Fastmarkets.

• Supply woes push fob China spherical, flake fines graphite prices higher

  05 November 2021

  Prices for flake fines and spherical graphite in China continued to rise in the week to Thursday November 4, boosted by supply concerns amid power rationing, anti-pollution controls and traditional winter halts in the major production regions of Shandong and Heilongjiang.

• Graphite supply concerns support fob China fines market

  04 November 2021

  Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday November 4.

• BTR New Material to establish artificial graphite anode JV in Shanxi

  04 November 2021

  BTR New Material is to set up an anode material joint venture in China, with Shanxi Jundong New Material and Shanxi Aochen New Material, to meet growing demand from the downstream lithium-ion battery secto.

• Imerys posts Q3 recovery despite energy costs, inflation headwinds

  03 November 2021

  Industrial minerals group Imerys increased revenue in 2021 due to a post-pandemic recovery despite “rapidly increasing inflation,” it said in a results update for the first nine months of 2021.