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The last two years have been a roller coaster ride for the Graphite electrode s manufacturers globally. The supply-side structural changes in China that took place in the latter half of 2017 required polluting GE units to shut down and subsequently created its shortage and increased prices.
News ID: 8625    Publish Date : 2020/03/05

SteelMint has heard from its market sources that after falling continuously over past few months, the electrodes prices in China have stabilized this week. However, the market continues to remain weak with tepid downstream demand and high inventories with the producers.
News ID: 6471    Publish Date : 2019/09/20

With no major change in China’s downstream steel demand, the overall situation in country’s GE market continues to remain sluggish and the prices prevails to be weak.
News ID: 6385    Publish Date : 2019/09/05

It's often complicated predicting prices related to any products used in iron and steelmaking, we can state the same thing for the GRAPHITE ELECTRODES which is the essential product for the melting and refining of steel mainly in Electric Arc Furnaces and Ladle Furnaces.
News ID: 6299    Publish Date : 2019/08/20

In 2019, although the global needle coke prices maintained an uptrend, the Chinese prices moved in the opposite direction. The country’s needle coke market was affected by the decline in graphite electrode prices, and the domestic prices dropped 30-40% compared to 2018. Whereas over the same period, the companies ex-China continued to raise the needle coke prices, resulting in a price surge of 20% Y-O-Y basis.
News ID: 5924    Publish Date : 2019/08/15

USA iron ore Imports Down 23% Q-o-Q in Q1 CY19- USA’s iron ore imports recorded at 1.4 MnT in Q1 CY’19 down 23% as against 1.83 MnT in Q4 CY18.
News ID: 4554    Publish Date : 2019/05/17

Japan, world's third-largest crude steel producer has observed a rise in exports of ferrous scrap, billet and finish long products in Feb'19 on monthly premises, on the other hand, exports of finish flat and graphite electrode dropped in Feb'19, the data provided by Japan's customs department showed.
News ID: 4243    Publish Date : 2019/04/08

After remaining stable over the last two weeks, China’s higher grade Graphite Electrode prices plunged down by RMB 2,000/MT (USD 298/MT) this week.
News ID: 4100    Publish Date : 2019/03/21

Graphite electrode makers around the globe had a wonderful run for almost a year starting from the latter half of 2017 amid supply-side structural changes in China which led to the promotion of steel production through electric furnace (EAF) route, ultimately resulting in the significant rise in the graphite electrodes demand and prices in China.
News ID: 4054    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

China’s largest Graphite electrode s (GE) producer, Fangda Carbon has recently announced its performance forecast for the year 2018.
News ID: 3887    Publish Date : 2019/03/08

According to latest updates, Japan’s Showa Denko which is one of the key Graphite electrode (GE) producer has released its new investment plan of 400 million yen (USD 3.53 billion) over the period, including 130 billion yen for organic growth and 150 billion yen for M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) initiatives
News ID: 2994    Publish Date : 2018/12/19

China's Inner Mongolia province has the highest investments with regards to upcoming GE capacities
News ID: 2922    Publish Date : 2018/12/16

With the start of winter heating season in November came the output restrictions in China’s steel sector as a part of country’s anti-pollution campaign.
News ID: 2850    Publish Date : 2018/12/08

As per the latest updates that SteelMint has received, the Board of Directors of graphite electrode major, HEG Ltd at its meeting held today at 12:00 Noon has approved the capacity expansion plan for its plant in India.
News ID: 2729    Publish Date : 2018/11/28

Russian GE major Energoprom is rebranding the company and companies in control.
News ID: 2501    Publish Date : 2018/11/06

According to the SteelMint sources, the contract prices of graphite electrodes (GE) in the Indian market for Oct-Dec’18 quarter are heard to remain almost at similar levels against the previous quarter of Jul-Sep’18.
News ID: 2445    Publish Date : 2018/10/17

Bringing cheers to India’s graphite electrode industry, Indian government has allowed imports of pet coke, used for fuel purpose by graphite electrode industry, said an official notification from DGFT (Directorate General of Foreign Trade).
News ID: 2353    Publish Date : 2018/10/04

According to the SteelMint sources, the gains in the domestic graphite electrode (GE) prices in China have been extended this week also. The GE prices in the country have moved up by RMB 4,000 -10,000 per tonnes (USD 584 – 1,460/MT) w-o-w basis.
News ID: 2264    Publish Date : 2018/09/25

SteelMint has reported that last week China’s graphite electrodes prices surged by RMB 3,000 to 20,000 (USD 438 – 2,920/MT) varying with the size. However, sources have informed that the GE prices in China have increased further by RMB 2,000 to 10,000/MT (USD 292 – 1,460/MT).
News ID: 2203    Publish Date : 2018/09/21

Sometimes all it takes to retard a well-oiled machine is one loose cog. And for the Iranian steel industry, the increasingly limited supply of graphite electrode is the inconspicuous gear capable of impeding its growth.
News ID: 1382    Publish Date : 2017/10/06