The price of petroleum coke was adjusted across the board on the first day after the holiday. Daqing Petrochemical 1#A, Fushun Petrochemical 1# rose 200 yuan/ton, or 4.55%, both reported at 4600 yuan/ton. Jinxi Petrochemical 1#B rose 400 yuan/ton, or 9.52%, to 4600 yuan/ton.
In the needle coke market after the holiday, driven by rising raw material costs, transaction prices have generally increased by 500-1,000 yuan compared with September, and the inventory of all production companies has remained low. In addition, recent purchase orders from overseas electrode companies have also begun to increase. Considering the increase in freight costs and other reasons, the current export quotation of needle coke is 1800-2000 US dollars/ton.
The quotations of graphite electrodes on the first day after the festival showed a slight upward trend, with an average increase of 500-1000 yuan/ton. The mainstream price of UHP450mm specifications with 30% needle coke content in the market is 1.85-1.9 million yuan/ton, and the mainstream prices of UHP600mm specifications are in the market. The price of UHP700mm is 28000-30000 yuan/ton.
During the festival, Shanxi and other places received heavy rainfall, which caused traffic in many places to be greatly affected. However, the overall disaster was less than the previous rainfall in Henan. It is understood that the production of local graphite electrode companies has not been affected for the time being, but transportation is expected to take about a week. Delay. According to statistics from Xin Lu Information, under the dual control of energy consumption in September, 18 key graphite electrode manufacturers across the country produced 47,800 tons of graphite electrodes, a decrease of 11.8% month-on-month and 18.8% year-on-year. This situation will continue in the later period.