Launch of low-sulfur green petroleum coke price assessments in Europe, India

Fastmarkets launched price assessments for both MB-GRA-0049 green petroleum coke, 1.5% S, cif India, and MB-GRA-0050 green petroleum coke, 1.5% S, in-whs ARA, on Thursday September 25.

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has launched a price assessment for green petroleum coke, 1.5% S, in-whs ARA, to provide closer coverage to the synthetic battery anode, graphite electrode and battery anode markets in Europe.

Fastmarkets also made the strategic launch of a green petroleum coke, 1.5% S, CIF India, price assessment on the same day, to bring pricing transparency to the growing market in that region.

Both prices join Fastmarkets’ existing natural graphite price offering in China, Europe and the US, as well as our existing coverage of the green petroleum coke and needle coke markets in China.

The specifications are as follows:

MB-GRA-0049 Green petroleum coke, 1.5% S, cif India, $ per tonne
https://dashboard.fastmarkets.com/p/MB-GRA-0049
Quality: Sulfur 1.5% max, nitrogen 2% max, moisture 8% max, ash 0.6% max, volatiles 12% max, V 250ppm max, Fe 250ppm max, Si 250ppm max
Location: CIF India
Timing: Spot
Unit: $ per tonne
Publication: Monthly, final Thursday of the month, 4pm London time.

MB-GRA-0050 Green petroleum coke, 1.5% S, in-whs ARA, $ per tonne
Quality: Sulfur 1.5% max, nitrogen 2% max, moisture 8% max, ash 0.6% max, volatiles 12% max, V 250ppm max, Fe 250ppm max, Si 250ppm max
Location: In-warehouse Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp
Timing: Spot
Unit: $ per tonne
Publication: Monthly, final Thursday of the month, 4pm London time.

These prices will be 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 these prices, please contact Solomon Cefai by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Solomon Cefai, re: green petroleum coke.”

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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