Graphite electrode: the price of graphite electrode is stable this week. At present, the shortage of small and medium-sized electrodes continues, and the production of ultra-high power and high-power high-specification electrodes is also limited under the condition of tight import needle coke supply. The price of petroleum coke in upstream raw material market began to slow down, and the electrode manufacturers were affected by this increase in market sentiment. However, coal tar and needle coke still operate strongly, and the cost still has some support to the electrode. At present, the demand for electrodes is good at home and abroad, and the European market is positively affected by anti-dumping investigation. In the case of short-process steel making encouraged at home, the demand for electrodes in steel mills is also high, and the downstream market demand is good.
Carbon additive: this week, the price of general calcined coal carburizer increased slightly, which benefited from the support of high cost end of coal market on calcined coal carburizing agent. Under the measures of environmental protection and power limit in Ningxia, carbon enterprises are limited in production, and the supply of carbon additive is tight, which promotes the price raising psychology of the manufacturer. The calcined coke carburizer remained weak. With the further notice of price reduction issued by Jinxi Petrochemical, the market performance of carbon additive was depressed, and some enterprises began to cut the quotation, and the market performance gradually became chaotic, but the overall price is basically within 3800-4600 yuan / ton. Graphitization carburizing agent is supported by graphitization cost. Although the price of petroleum coke is down, the market supply is tight, and the manufacturer maintains a high price mentality.
Needle focus: this week, the needle coke market remained relatively strong and steady, the market trading and investment were basically stable, and the willingness of enterprises to adjust prices was low. Recently, we know that there is a certain supply tension in the needle coke market, the orders of the production enterprises are full, and the imported needle coke is tight, which affects the production of large-scale electrodes to a certain extent; The production and marketing of negative materials kept high, benefiting from the high demand of downstream battery factory, good orders of negative electrode enterprises and high demand for coke. At present, the high-level small key of petroleum coke in the raw material market, the coal asphalt is still strong, and the cost end continues to benefit the needle coke market.
Post time: Jul-09-2021