In 2018, China's natural graphite market trend is decent, both natural graphite primary products and deep processing applications market are gratifying. The output of natural graphite increased by more than 15% compared with the previous year. The price continued to increase after 2017, which is the highest point in the past five years. In terms of deep-processed products, spheroidized graphite is also high both in terms of output and price in recent years. In particular, the demand of overseas markets is strong, with a growth rate of nearly 40%. The graphene has applications in various fields. Application-side product development and promotion is also remarkable, especially in the market of lithium battery and high-purity graphite, expandable graphite, flexible graphite, etc. Natural graphite market also maintains considerable profits.
With the scientific planning of the development of China's natural graphite industry, the increase in the production cost of primary products, coupled with the strict environmental inspection. It has made the production of deep-processed products limited, especially the purification of graphite, which has become a bottleneck restricting the development of natural graphite industry in some places. Therefore, more and more Chinese natural graphite companies choose to purchase overseas graphite primary products, or directly mine overseas graphite mines.
What kind of impact will overseas natural graphite ore resources have on China's graphite resources? The difficulties in chemically purifying graphite, the technological advancement of high-temperature purification, the current status and future trends of spheroidized graphite supply, and the development and application of graphene products will be discussed. In May 2019, we invite the global natural graphite industry colleagues to discuss together in Qingdao China!
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