Carbon and graphite market highlights

Electric arc furnace-based steel production is witnessing a global rise

DOWNTOEARTH -- 30 May 2024 The global share of steelmaking through electric arc furnaces had been around 25 per cent until 2012 for almost a decade, after which it started to increase further. In 2017, it saw a growth of 7.5 per cent year over year…

Graphite Electrode Market Size is projected to reach USD 13.58 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 4.40%: Straits Research

STRAITS RESEARCH – 19 Mar 2024 Large, cylindrical graphite electrodes are typically manufactured with coal tar pitch, premium petroleum needle coke, and a few additives. They convert the power source's electrical energy into heat for melting scrap metal. Due to graphite's high thermal conductivity and low electrical resistance, these electrodes can generate temperatures as high as 1,600 degrees Celsius…

Why battery raw material prices slumped under pressure in the first half of 2023

BENCHMARK SOURCE – 20 Jul 2023 Prices of critical battery materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite, were under pressure in the first six months of this year as a slowdown in China hit downstream demand and new supplies continued to enter the market. Critical battery material prices declined between 20% and 40% in the first half of 2023 at a time when cathode and anode makers continued to destock existing…

China’s graphite electrodes market stable amid slow demand

Fastmarkets -- 16 May 2023 Fastmarkets’ latest price assessment for graphite electrodes, ultra high power, fob China, was $2,950-3,600 per tonne on Wednesday, in line with the previous two assessments. On the same day, the price for graphite electrodes, high power, fob China, was assessed at $2,650-3,000 per tonne, unchanged from the previous assessment. The prices for both grades of graphite electrodes have been on a…

GrafTech -9% after Mexico suspends graphite electrode plant

Seeking Alpha - 19 Sept 2022 GrafTech International (NYSE:EAF) tumbles to a record low in Monday's trading, -9.2%, after disclosing late Friday in an 8-K filing that inspectors in Mexico issued a temporary suspension notice to the company's graphite electrode manufacturing facility in Monterrey. GrafTech (EAF) also said the Director of Integral Air Management of the Undersecretary of Climate Change and Air Quality of the Ministry of the…

Needle Coke Market Projections And Future Opportunities Recorded for the Period 2022-2030

Washington (Newswires)--27 Jul 2022 The global Needle Coke market size reached USD 2,293.5 Billion in 2021 and is expected to register a revenue CAGR of 8.7% during the forecast period, according to latest analysis by Emergen Research…

Carbonization Technologies Being Used to Create High-value Petroleum-derived Needle Coke: Fact.MR Analysis

GlobeNewswire—15 Jun 2022 United States, Rockville MD, June 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- By the end of 2032, the global needle coke market is predicted to reach US$ 5.86 billion in valuation…

Where next for UHP graphite electrodes?

Fastmarkets -- 05 Apr 2022 While the eye-catching ultra-high-power (UHP) electrodes glowing from use in electric arc furnaces (EAFs) have always been core components of melt-shop operations, they have seldom been a focus of attention in the markets for steel products, for which they play a vital role in the upstream part of the process…

At 7.49% CAGR, Graphite Electrode Market Size to hit USD 14.71 Bn to 2028, says Brandessence Market Research

London (Bloomberg) -- 3 Feb 2022 LONDON, Feb…

Graphite electrodes market faces rising costs in 2022

Fastmarkets - 24 Jan 2022 The first week of Fastmarkets’ coverage of China’s high power (HP) and ultra-high power (UHP) graphite electrodes prices examined a market in which prices were described as already high and expected to climb further, due to rising costs for raw materials, according to sources. Fastmarkets’ initial price assessment for graphite electrodes, high power, fob China, was $2,990-3,150 per tonne on Thursday…

Despite Q4 loss, this electrode maker is Jefferies' multibagger bet for FY22

The EconomicTimes - 7 June 2021 After falling for seven straight sessions, shares of graphite electrode maker HEG are on the recovery mode, climbing about 7 per cent in two sessions to Friday. The company reported losses for March quarter and for FY21, but foreign brokerage Jefferies felt commodity stocks, like HEG, have entered an upgrade cycle after 2-3 weak years…

New material EDM graphite and its advantages

Orient Carbon – 9 June 2021 EDM graphite is a new material, which is more and more widely used in precision die processing industry. At present, over 90% of the mould processing electrode materials are graphite in European countries. Compared with graphite electrode, the advantages of copper almost disappear. Our manufacturing industry is developing to the high level…

Graphite electrode makers extend rally; HEG surges 32% in two days

New Dheli (Business Standard) - 7 Apr 2021 Shares of graphite electrode makers -- Graphite India and HEG -- continued their northward movement in Wednesday's session on strong growth outlook as the pick-up in steel production globally is expected to drive demand for electrodes in near term. Among individual stocks, HEG hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 2,023, up 11 per cent on the BSE…

Gazprom Neft needle-coke production technology included in Russia’s top-10 inventions of 2020

Moscow (Gazprom Neft) - 5 Mar 2021 A needle-coke production technology developed by Gazprom Neft has been included in state patent agency Rospatent’s annual ratings of Russia’s top-10 most important inventions…

What Caused Shares Of HEG, Graphite India To Rise For The Third Straight Day

Bloomberg - 20 Nov 2020 Shares of HEG Ltd. and Graphite India Ltd. rallied for the third straight session as the domestic graphite electrode makers expect demand to improve after economic activity picked up on easing lockdown curbs…

Global Graphite Electrodes Market Trajectory & Analytics Report 2020: Market is Expected to Witness Revenues Plummet by -3.6% in the Year 2020 and but Recover to Reach US$15.3 Billion by 2027 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Yahoo Finance - 11 Dec 2020 World's Efforts to Curb Infection Spread, Global GDP Erosion at -4.9%& Manufacturing Slump Elicit $411.7 Million Erosion in Revenues for Graphite Electrodes The global market for Graphite Electrodes is expected to witness revenues plummet by -3.6% in the year 2020 and thereafter recover and grow to reach US$15.3 billion by the year 2027, trailing a post COVID-19 CAGR of 5.2% over the analysis period 2020…

Graphite Miners News For The Month Of June 2020

Seeking Alpha – 27 June 2020 Summary: China graphite flake-195 spot prices were only slightly higher in June. Graphite market news - Benchmark Mineral Intelligence forecasts that by 2029 demand for flake graphite will increase by four times. Graphite company news - Ceylon Graphite first commercial graphite sale. Mineral Commodities announces Skaland record sales in Q1. Talga Resources looks to expand battery anode capacity…

China’s total export of graphite electrodes was 46,000 tons in January-February 2020

Hebei (Hebei Hongqiqu New Material Co., Ltd.) – 21 May 2020 According to customs data, China’s total export of graphite electrodes was 46,000 tons in January-February 2020, a year-on-year increase of 9.79%, and the total export value was 159,799,900 US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 181,480,500 US dollars…

How India’s Graphite Electrodes Trade Dynamics Changed in Last Two Years?

Tehran (Mining News Pro) – 8 March 2020 According to Mining News Pro - However, after time span of two years, the situation normalized with setting up of new GE units in China and increased supplies from the country. These events had a direct impact on India GE trade dynamics also. While Indian GE prices saw a of jump of 200% and a drop of 90% in past two years two years, India’s export trend also observed a change due to U.S…

Graphite electrode market set for recovery, GES says

London (Fastmarkets) -- 16 Sept 2019 Prices for market electrodes have hit bottom and the market is now waiting for the trigger for prices to rise again, GES Europe analyst Benjamin Sarkoezy tells Fastmarkets in an overview of the current market. The graphite electrode market is approaching a crunch point after months of heavy falls, according to producer and graphite consultant GES. Graphite electrodes are used in both electric-arc furnaces…

SteelMint’s China Roadshow: Precious Insights into Graphite Electrodes and Needle Coke

Raipur (SteelMint Events) -- 18 Apr 2019 Graphite Electrodes is an indispensable part of steel making through the EAF route – and it’s evolving all the time in China. In tandem with Needle Coke quality improvements opening up previously unimaginable trade possibilities. SteelMint with delegates from world over hit the road in China to find out all this and more…

Russia’s Graphite Electrodes Major Energoprom Invests in Plant Modernisation

Raipur (SteelMint Events) -- 18 Jun 2019 SteelMint has learnt that Russian electrodes major, Energoprom (EPM) Group along with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and Government of the Rostov Oblast has signed a special investment contract for the modernization of production of graphite electrodes at the site of the EPM – Novocherkassk Electrode Plant…

Poor Steel Demand and Rising Raw Material Prices are Playing Havoc on Indian Graphite Electrodes Prices

Raipur (SteelMint Events) -- 23 Jun 2019 It seems that the tables have turned for the global graphite electrodes manufacturers including that of India as after enjoying the price buoyancy for almost two years, the same are falling freely without any restraint. Now as per the latest information that various sources have shared with SteelMint, UHP grade GEs have registered a plunge of INR 100,000 – 150,000 (USD 1,500- 2,100/MT) against…

Will the EAF Steel Sector in Southeast Asian Countries Support Graphite Electrodes Demand in Future?

Raipur (SteelMint Events) -- 18 Jul 2019 The hype around graphite electrodes demand and prices that started in the latter half of 2017 due to supply-side structural changes in China seems to have subsided with GE demand exceeding supply in China and country’s subsequent exports of its produce to various other countries…

What is compelling Iran to set up its own Graphite Electrodes Plant?

Raipur (SteelMint Events) -- 23 Jul 2019 Iran’s steel industry has been growing rapidly in recent years in line with the country’s ambitious plan to raise output to 55 million tonnes per year by 2025.The country’s crude steel output in 2018 stood at around 22.8 MnT, registering a surge of 7% y-o-y basis…

Graphite electrode makers under pressure;Graphite India, HEG hit 52-wk lows

New Dheli (Business Standard) -- 11 Jul 2019 Thus far in the calendar year 2019, HEG (down 68 per cent) and Graphite India (down 63 per cent) have nosedived by more than 60 per cent each, as compared to 7 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex. Shares of graphite electrode (GE) makers – Graphite India and HEG – slipped by up to 9 per cent in intra-day trade on the BSE, hitting their respective 52-week lows on concerns of softening…

China carbon industry to face severe overcapacity -association

Beijing (Reuters) -- 22 Dec 2018 China’s carbon industry will face severe overcapacity from the second-half of 2020, after producers rushed to expand capacity amid fat profit-margins, an official from the China Carbon Industry Association (CCIA) said on Saturday. Carbon products are widely used in sectors such as metallurgy, chemicals, aviation and renewable energy due to their strong resistance to corrosion and good…

Correction makes Graphite electrode stocks attractive; accumulate

New Delhi (Money Control) – 19 Feb 2019 The stocks of graphite makers, HEG and Graphite India, nosedived recently after having had an extraordinary run for one-and-half years. Graphite electrode is a key raw material for making steel using the electric arc furnace (EAF) process…

Breaking down the UHP graphite electrode market

London (Metall Bulletin) -- 31 Jul 2018 Shortages last year of the ultra-high-performance graphite electrodes used by EAF-based steelmakers and some non-ferrous metal producers rapidly pushed up their price; Metal Bulletin asks Hidehito Takahashi, managing corporate officer of Showa Denko K.K…

Graphite India, HEG surge 5%; Macquarie sees up to 50% upside

New Dheli (The Economic Times) -- 29 Jun 2018 Shares of Graphite IndiaNSE 4.29 % and HEGNSE 1.72 % hit upper circuit of 5 per cent on Friday after global brokerage firm Macquarie initiated coverage on graphite electrode majors with ‘Outperform’ rating…

India's high-flying graphite electrode firms face curbs

New Delhi (Reuters) -- 19 Feb 2018 Indian manufacturers of graphite electrodes used in electric arc furnaces are booming on the back of China's pollution crackdown, but soaring prices have set the companies on a collision course with government and steelmakers. In an unusual intervention, India's steel ministry is pushing for electrode makers to cut prices for smaller steelmakers after a 500 percent surge in domestic prices, sources told…

China has become net importer of graphite electrodes: Jefferies

Liverpool (Platts)--2 Nov 2017 China has become a net importer of graphite electrodes after shuttering 30% of its capacity, according to a note from investment bank Jefferies after meetings with producer Graphite India. This is a marked shift…

Shares Of Graphite Electrode Makers Decline As Prices Fall In China

London (BloombergQuint) -- 15 Nov 2017 Shares of Graphite India Ltd. and HEG Ltd. fell from their all-time highs today as the prices of graphite electrodes, used in steel production, continue to decline. The two companies that account for about a quarter of global capacity fell 5 percent each…

See uptick in prices of graphite electrodes; more upside for stocks: Experts

New Delhi (Moneycontrolcom) -- 29 Nov 2017 Graphite electrodes maker stocks have been under pressure of late but it was a space that was doing extremely well…

Graphite Electrodes Market Revenue will Reach $27.5 Billion by 2022

Washington (Esticast Research & Consulting) -- 4 Jan 2018 The global graphite electrodes market was valued at $5.04 billion in 2016, and is projected to reach $27.5 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 28.4% from 2017 to 2024. In 2016, the ultra-high graphite electrode segment generated the highest revenue share in the global graphite electrodes market…

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