Friday, 25 August 2017
Government inspectors return to Shandong for a second round of checks, making production at local graphite operations intermittent, as limitations to acid-purification processes is affecting high-purity and plus mesh sizes in particular.
Renewed environmental controls in China’s Shandong province have prompted an increase in graphite prices, with production of high-purity material and plus mesh sizes particularly affected by the inspections.
According to a 24 August IM assessment, a number of graphite grades bound for export have appreciated further. Plus mesh size...
Monday, 21 August 2017
Seven producers issued a joint statement notifying their customers of a mutually-agreed increase in prices, citing rising costs and low mine supply. Separately, domestic customers resorted to import graphite from Africa.
Graphite producers in Jixi city, in China’s south-eastern Heilongjiang province, came together to announce a mutually-agreed increase in graphite prices, which they said was needed on the back of fast-rising costs affecting operations. At least seven producers in Jixi stamped a jointly-issued price increase notice, formally announcing their allegiance...
Simon Moores @sdmoores August 23 - 2017
Proper price runs for: rare earths, lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel - 1st time since 2010. Writing article: "The Seven Year Niche"
