Graphite pricing news

• December 2016

  China cancels graphite, magnesia, magnesite export taxes

  23 December 2016

  China has scrapped export taxes on graphite, magnesia and magnesite.

• Graphite 2017 contracts showing no price change

  16 December 2016

  New year contracts for graphite are being negotiated at the same price levels as the current market rates, as buyers are covering for Q1 while some suppliers hope a rebound in demand may lead to a pickup in prices from Q2 onward.

• Prices

  15 December 2016

  Antimony trioxide prices drop, as do iodine prices; lithium deals for 2017 approach closure; foundry chromite spot market widens; raw material costs lift WFA prices; graphite suppliers talk 2017 contracts; Cristal to increase TiO2 prices; industry concerned over China scrapping magnesia quota.

• Pricing notice: Update on proposed delisting of graphite prices

  07 December 2016

  Industrial Minerals has delisted the prices of several grades of graphite from the beginning of December.

• November 2016

  Pricing notice: Christmas schedule

  28 November 2016

  The publication of Industrial Minerals’ price assessments will be affected by the Christmas holidays.

• Price Briefing 28 October – 03 November

  04 November 2016

  Titanium dioxide producers continue to look for price increases while graphite, bauxite and fused alumina prices held unchanged and lithium carbonate and hydroxide 2017 contract offers show a wide range.

• Graphite suppliers talk 2017 contracts

  03 November 2016

  Spot market prices showed no sign of movement as negotiations to set new contract prices for graphite supplies in 2017 are well under way.