ICC News: Needle coke trading is good this month, the overall operating rate of needle coke enterprises is not high, coal series needle coke enterprises start sporadic, individual oil series needle coke enterprises to produce petroleum coke, in order to control the supply of needle coke, downstream anode material enterprises demand is better, graphite electrode enterprises just need to replenish, raw material prices are high, needle coke prices rose slightly at the beginning of the month, and the follow-up tends to be stable. Specifically, coal series needle coke 7500-9000 yuan/ton, oil series needle coke 6900-9500 yuan/ton, coal, oil series coke price 4700-5800 yuan/ton. In terms of import prices, the price of coal measure needle coke in Japan is $1,100 / ton, and the price of coal measure needle coke in South Korea is $850 / ton. In terms of oil needle coke, Japan is $1500-1900 / ton, the United Kingdom is $1200-1400 / ton, and the price of anode coke is $650-800 / ton.
In terms of raw materials, the overall price of raw materials this month showed an upward trend. In terms of low sulfur slurry, the price of low sulfur slurry this month rose at the beginning of the month, was stable in the middle, and continued to push up at the end of the month, and the price was 4300-4580 yuan/ton at the end of the month, and the cost pressure of oil needle coke enterprises continued to rise. In terms of coal asphalt, the price of coal asphalt this month rose at the beginning of the month, was stable in the middle, and fell at the end of the month, the price of modified asphalt at the end of the month was 5150-5300 yuan/ton, the price of medium temperature asphalt was 5400-5500 yuan/ton, the price of coal asphalt was high, and the coal measure needle coke enterprises were upside down seriously and could not start normally.
Downstream, the graphite electrode market is relatively stable this month, the price of the mainstream UHP600 is 19500-20500 yuan/ton, the current graphite electrode is in the peak season, the demand for electric furnace steel has increased slightly, it is expected that the demand for graphite electrode for needle coke in October still needs to be purchased. In terms of anode materials, the output of anode materials continues to grow this month, and the demand for needle coke is improving, and the output of anode materials will continue to rise in October, supporting the demand for raw materials.
In summary, this month, needle coke enterprises are shipping well, needle coke supply is not high, raw material prices rose, in October, the demand for anode materials rose steadily, graphite electrode demand is stable, and it is expected that the price of needle coke will be stable next month.
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