Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2018
First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. Scrap steel was banned from sale to such furnaces in early 2017, becoming available for use in EAFs. Meanwhile, needle coke is being increasingly diverted into the battery market.
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