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October 2020
27 October 2020
A summary of China’s battery raw materials exports for September 2020.
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26 October 2020
Chinese graphite producer Haida New Energy Material will start pilot production at its newly invested anode production line for spherical graphite coating by the end of October, according to sources.
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22 October 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday October 22.
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21 October 2020
A summary of Australia-based graphite miner Syrah Resources’ operational results for the third quarter of 2020, published by the company on Wednesday October 21.
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16 October 2020
Chinese authorities will impose strict regulations on industrial production for the fourth consecutive year in the autumn and winter of 2020-21, affecting a number of cities and provinces in the north of the country, with output expected to be curtailed for as long as six months.
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15 October 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday October 15.
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14 October 2020
The graphite electrode market has been volatile due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but producers have begun to resume activity amid a rise in demand and costs, according to graphite producer and consultant GES.
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13 October 2020
The numbers of cases of Covid-19 infection have begun to grow once more across Europe, and Fastmarkets has heard the fears of various market participants about the consequences that any new restrictions or lockdowns could have for the steel sector.
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09 October 2020
ArcelorMittal will permanently close its Krakow steelworks' hot area due to the dramatic effects of Covid-19 on the European steel market, but coke plant and rolling mills will remain operational, the company said on Thursday October 8.
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08 October 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday October 8.
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01 October 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday October 1.
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01 October 2020
Tirupati Graphite plans to rapidly ramp up its production of flake graphite and develop a range of downstream products following its initial public offering (IPO), Shishir Kumar Poddar, the company’s executive chairman and managing director, told Fastmarkets in an interview.
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September 2020
30 September 2020
Australian graphite company Renascor has entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply spherical graphite to Chinese anode company Shanxi Minguang New Material Technology, Renascor said on Tuesday September 29.
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29 September 2020
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has given Tirupati Graphite permission to publish a registration document for a planned initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and to invest the money in its upstream and downstream facilities in Madagascar and India.
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25 September 2020
Prices for plus-mesh graphite flake in China have remained firm over the past week despite supply issues and sluggish demand on the seaborne market, according to sources.
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24 September 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday September 24.
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23 September 2020
The global market for graphite and the European silicon market have reacted with caution to news that US electric vehicle maker Tesla plans to pursue the use of silicon rather than graphite in its battery anode material.
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23 September 2020
Tesla will mine its own lithium, make its own lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and use more silicon and nickel in these cheaper batteries, the world’s biggest EV maker said on Tuesday September 22.
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21 September 2020
Argentinian crude steel production decreased by 22.80% year-on-year in August, according to figures from national steel association Acero Argentino.
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21 September 2020
Sales of passenger cars in Europe slumped again in August after brief signs of a revival in July, according to the latest data from the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
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21 September 2020
China’s graphite flake export markets are showing price divergence between the main consuming markets of Japan, Europe and the United States, which have become more pronounced amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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17 September 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday September 17.
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16 September 2020
The refractories environment was unlikely to return to a pre-Covid-19 state before 2022, attendees at an industry conference were told on Wednesday September 16.
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14 September 2020
ArcelorMittal has decided not to restart blast furnace (BF) No1 at its plant Fos-sur-Mer in France, the company’s spokesman told Fastmarkets on Friday September 11.
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11 September 2020
ArcelorMittal Poland has denied accusations from local trade union Sierpien 80 that it was abandoning plans to relight blast furnaces in its Krakow plant, saying that operations in the steelworks’ hot area will be resumed but “only when it is economically viable,” the company’s spokesperson told Fastmarkets on Wednesday September 9.
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10 September 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday September 10.
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07 September 2020
A summary of Australia-based graphite miner Syrah Resources’ financial results for the first half of 2020, as published by the company on Monday September 7.
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04 September 2020
The European Commission unveiled an updated list of critical raw materials on Thursday September 3 that it aims to secure the supply of while avoiding over-dependence on third countries, alongside an action plan to create domestic supply chains for raw materials.
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03 September 2020
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday September 3.
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02 September 2020
Slow downstream demand for refractory materials amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the first half of 2020 weighed heavily on the raw material market, with output falling by 13.75% to 10.48 million tonnes year on year in the period.
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01 September 2020
Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on its pricing methodology for its industrial minerals, as part of its annual methodology review process and compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for PRAs.