Graphite pricing news

• January 2016

  CVD graphene is 99.9% cheaper today than in 2010

  27 January 2016

  Spanish nanotechnology business Graphenea claims it has brought down the price of graphene from thousands of dollars per gram to just a few dollars in the space of five years, making the material competitive with other widely used nanomaterials.

• Graphenea makes further cuts to graphene prices

  26 January 2016

  Spanish nanotechnology company reduces selling value of its products as it ramps up capacity to 1 tpa graphene.

• Price Briefing 15 – 21 January

  22 January 2016

  Fluorspar and CCM prices slide; vein graphite to remain stable; US soda ash suppliers nail down 2016 contracts.

• Sri Lanka’s vein graphite continues to attract foreign explorers

  19 January 2016

  The liberalisation of foreign investment rules and the fact that the country has refused to lower its export prices for the high purity material it produces has tempted an increasing number of overseas operators to the sector, but value addition capacity remains underdeveloped.

• Currency fluctuations to dent graphite prices in Q1 2016

  08 January 2016

  Pricing review: Further devaluation of Chinese Renminbi and Euro fluctuations to squeeze profit margins with graphite price ranges expected to widen.

• Price Briefing 24 December – 7 January

  08 January 2016

  Graphite prices unlikely to revive before mid-February; rare earths prices fall in export markets.