Amendment to spherical graphite FOB China price specification

After a one-month consultation period, Fastmarkets is amending the specification of its MB-GRA-0036 graphite spherical 99.95%, 15 microns, fob China price assessment.

After a one-month consultation period, Fastmarkets is amending the specification of its MB-GRA-0036 graphite spherical 99.95%, 15 microns, fob China price assessment.

Following the consultation, on Thursday April 10, the specification will change from 15 microns to 15-17 microns to better reflect the evolving dynamics in China’s spherical graphite export market.

The new specification is a follows, with the amendment in italics:

MB-GRA-0036 – Graphite spherical 99.95%, 15-17 microns, fob China, $/tonne
Quality:
 99.95% C, 15-17 microns, uncoated
Quantity: Min 20 tonnes
Location: FOB China
Unit: US$ per tonne
Publication: Weekly, Thursday by 4pm London

The price is a part of the Fastmarkets industrial minerals package.

To provide feedback on these prices or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to the price, please contact Venus Wang by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Venus Wang, re: spherical graphite FOB China price.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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