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The shortage problem would be more serious in the 2nd half of this year and the 1st half of next year. The domestic petroleum coke producers will conduct facility overhaul during May and June 2017, and the imported needle coke is also very tight, that would greatly impact electrode output. It is estimate that the graphite electrode price in the 2nd half of this year would be double increased than current market price. The worse case is that there is no ready goods even paying higher price in the market.
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The SERIOUS GLOBAL SHORTAGE OF GRAPHITE ELECTRODE
2017-05-06 00:03
The fact and truth is that there is no availability of graphite electrodes in the market, more seriously that there is no availability of goods at all. It is not a matter of price at all, it is a matter who is really able and trustworthy to deliver the ready goods to the users to avoid the production stop risk or being severely cheated by some guys in the market.The shortage problem would be more serious in the 2nd half of this year and the 1st half of next year. The domestic petroleum coke producers will conduct facility overhaul during May and June 2017, and the imported needle coke is also very tight, that would greatly impact electrode output. It is estimate that the graphite electrode price in the 2nd half of this year would be double increased than current market price. The worse case is that there is no ready goods even paying higher price in the market.