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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Natural graphite often provides a low-cost option, despite the extensive processing needed to transform mined product into the high carbon, low impurity, technical grades required for lithium-ion batteries. Chinese exports of scrap steel increased from around 1,000 t in 2016 to 2.2 Mt in 2017.

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