Cost side strongly support, carburant price rises

Ⅰ.  Market Overview

On February 16, 2022, the average market price of carburant was 5700 yuan/ton, up 200 yuan/ton, the change rate rose 3.67%. Graphite powder is widely used as carburants for steel-making. Today domestic carburant price upward range is more obvious. Carburant market mainly operated stably in the first week after the festival. With mainstream manufacturers carburant price increase of 200 yuan/ton this week, many enterprises made offers on price rising. The market goods delivery was relatively stable with implementation of early order delivery. In detail: the demand of downstream steel plants and foundries is acceptable, and the replenishment operation will be carried out slowly.

Ⅱ.  Market price

Graphitized carburant market price: Tianjin local market ex-factory price is 6000-6100 yuan/ton; Inner Mongolia mainstream ex-factory price including tax is 5700-5750 yuan/ton; Liaoning market price of orders executed in the early stage is around 6500-6600 yuan/ton; Ningxia graphitization mainstream price is 5700-5900 yuan/ton; Guangdong graphitized carburant new single price is around 6000-6100 yuan/ton; Jiangsu graphitized carburant market price is 5800-6100 yuan/ton.

Ⅲ.  Cost aspect

On Wednesday, driven by the rise of calcined coke raw materials, graphitized carburant market was constantly rising. The ex-factory contract price of medium and high sulfur calcined coke (trace elements are not required) was 3800-4000 yuan/ton, and the  discussed ex-factory price was 4100-4200 yuan/ton in cash; The contract price of medium and high sulfur calcined coke (vanadium 400) was 4700-5000 yuan/ton in cash before. Today, the discussed ex-factory price is 5200-5500 yuan/ton in cash. Graphitized carburant has a strong supporting effect on the overall cost side.

Ⅳ.  Future market forecast
At present, some carburant enterprises are affected by the Winter Olympics and the epidemic situation to limit production, the supply has declined, and the upstream cost influence has contributed to carburant price rise, contact us for more graphite carburant news.