Calcined needle coke price rise landing

This week, needle coke resources were tight, prices rose widely. The products raised this time are concentrated in the calcined petroleum coke market. Specifically, thedomestic coal-series needle coke price is 9500-10500 yuan/ton, the oil-series needle coke price is 11000-13000 yuan/ton, nipple coke price is 15000 yuan/ton, UHP graphite electrode is made of imported needle coke for reference, and negative electrode coke price is 7500-8500 yuan/ton.

• In terms of import, coal-series needle coke: Japan price is 1700-1900 USD/ton; South Korea price is 1450-1500 USD/ton; oil-series needle coke: Britain price is 1800-2000 USD/ton, Japan price is 2500-2800 USD/ton; negative coke price is 1100-1400 USD/ton.

• In terms of market participants reaction, the main reason for the increase of calcined petroleum coke price is driven by the continuous rise of raw material costs and the tightening of market supply, not completely driven by downstream demand.

• In terms of the future market, as the main downstream of needle coke, whether graphite electrode can smoothly transmit the increase of raw materials to the downstream has become the focus of market attention. In addition, it is learned from the market that the operation of needle coke will show an overall improvement in March. At that time, with coal-series and oil-series supply increase, the price competition will face a test, contact us for more needle coke market information.