Monthly Report: The needle coke market transitioned smoothly in December, and downstream demand will

 ICC News: This month’s needle coke market is generally trading, mainstream manufacturers operate at stable prices throughout the month, individual new companies have slightly adjusted prices, coal-based enterprises Baowu Carbon Materials and Baichuan New Materials stopped production in the middle of the month, and Taiyuan Shenghong’s normal production , The needle coke production line of oil-based enterprise Jinling Petrochemical was shut down for maintenance, and the needle coke calcination device of Liaocheng Zhonghe started construction in the second half of this month, and the overall output of the industry did not fluctuate significantly. In terms of price, coal-based needle coke is 10,000-12,000 yuan/ton, oil needle coke is 10,500-13,500 yuan/ton, and coal and oil raw coke is 8,000-9,500 yuan/ton. In terms of import prices, coal needle coke in Japan is US$1100-1150/ton, and coal needle coke in South Korea is 1100-1150 dollars/ton; oil needle coke is US$2500-2800/ton in Japan and US is 1800- 2,000 dollars/ton, and the price of anode coke is 1,000-1,500 dollars/ton. After the price adjustment of coal-based needle coke in Japan, downstream UHP production enterprises recognized the price and actively purchased it. The current purchase orders have been scheduled until March next year. It can be seen from this that the market has bullish expectations for the price of coal-based needle coke next year.