Recovery of graphite electrode demand is just around the corner
Recovery of graphite electrode demand is just around the corner The steel market was closed around the Spring Festival, and the downstream market stopped production during holiday, the overall demand for finished products was significantly reduced, and scrap steel resources were in short supply. Independent furnace plant basically shut down as planned for maintenance. Electric ... ...
An overview of recent graphite electrode prices and demand
An overview of recent graphite electrode prices and demand Since the Spring Festival, the terminal EAF steelmaking operating rate has been rising, and graphite electrode market demand has increased slightly. However, according to the overall market trading situation and the analysis of upstream and downstream factors, it still takes time for graphite electrode market to recover... ...
Key statistics of Chines iron and steel enterprises production and inventory
Early February 2023Department of Information Statistics, China Iron & Steel Association In the first ten days of February 2023, the key statistics show that Chinese iron and steel enterprises produced 20.611 million tons of crude steel, 18.914 million tons of pig iron and 19.33 500 tons of steel. The crude steel daily production was 2.0621 million tons, up 3.77% ... ...
Local refining petroleum coke market depressed, both upstream and downstream are polarised
Local refining petroleum coke market continues to be depressed, both upstream and downstream are polarised Petroleum coke investigationIn the first half of February, the petroleum coke market showed a polarization trend, with prices of major petroleum coke refineries stable and positive, but prices of local refineries remained low. In terms of port, petroleum coke inventory re... ...
Mysteel News: China graphitized recarburizer market price disorder
Mysteel News: China graphitized recarburizer market price disorder Recently, China graphitized recarburizer price is confused, and some specifications' prices are down 200 yuan/ton from the beginning of the month. Graphitization recarburizer (C≥98%, S≤0.05%, N≤300ppm, particle size: 1-5mm) mainstream price is 6800-7000 yuan/ton; Semi-graphitized recarburizer (C≥98%, S≤0.3%... ...
Raw material price fluctuates, calcined coke price may maintain the box operation
Raw material price fluctuates, calcined coke price may maintain the box operation According to the survey, taking the calcined coke with particle size 8-25mm and S≤3% as an example, the mainstream quotations in Shandong and Tianjin are concentrated in the range of 3900-4200 yuan/ton (ex-factory tax included) and the mainstream quotations for blended coke with S≤3% are concentra... ...
A brief analysis of global graphite electrode market in 2023
A brief analysis of global graphite electrode market in 2023Graftech, the global graphite electrode giant, recently talked about the global graphite electrode market situation in 2023. Graftech believes that the global short-term demand for graphite electrode is still relatively weak due to the continuous economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflicts. At the same time, althou... ...
Negative electrode production fell 14% MOM in January, market demand gradually recovered
Negative electrode production fell 14% MOM in January, market demand gradually recovered In January 2023, China's negative electrode materials production was 103057 tons, down 14% month-on-month and up 37% year-on-year. In terms of demand, due to the completion of the national subsidy and the Spring Festival holiday of the battery plants, the market demand for power lithiu... ...
EAF steel: long products performance is flat, production recovery is less than expected
EAF steel: long products performance is flat, production recovery is less than expected China's construction steel market fluctuated slightly this week. Some construction sites in the north also began to gradually resume work, downstream transaction slightly improved. However, with the resumption of production of EAF (electric furnace steel) plants and the increase of marke... ...
What kinds of graphite electrode mechanical strength are usually measured?
What kinds of graphite electrode mechanical strength are usually measured?Industrial production mainly measures compressive strength, flexure strength and tensile strength. Their physical meanings are:When the external force is pressure, the ultimate resistance of the object during crushing is called compressive strength (or pressure resistance strength). When the external forc... ...
