Graphite pricing news

• December 2015

  Graphite prices stable at weak levels

  31 December 2015

  Price review: No rebound on low-priced offers, despite seasonal supply disturbances.

• Price Briefing 18 – 24 December

  24 December 2015

  Graphite prices flatten while fluorspar sinks; US TiO2 suppliers announce hikes.

• China’s struggling graphite industry anticipates gloomy new year

  23 December 2015

  Supply update: Export enquiries see a significant decline as graphite trading stutters, while production looks set to stall moving into Q1 2016.

• Mineral markets start 2016 on a low ebb

  21 December 2015

  Antimony market crashes in 2015; refractories pull alumina, graphite and magnesia down.

• Price Briefing 11 – 17 December

  18 December 2015

  Fluorspar and graphite prices expected to remain stable to year end but mineral sands likely to post declines.

• Graphite prices hold firm as industrial rebound lags

  17 December 2015

  Price Review: Slowing demand fails to spark price increases, despite tightening graphite supplies.

• Price Briefing 4 – 10 December

  11 December 2015

  Gloomy near term outlook for graphite; China’s TiO2 prices fall again.

• Refractory grade graphite prices going nowhere

  10 December 2015

  Traditional markets will not lead a recovery in graphite prices before the second half of next year and the emergence of battery demand could be too late to prevent a major market slump.