Graphite Digest — May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012

Industrial Minerals reports 12% Drop in Graphite Prices

Natural graphite prices have fallen for the first time since March 2009, according to a May 23 Industrial Minerals article by Simon Moores. Large-flake graphite of +80 mesh grading 94% to 97% carbon fluctuated between $2,500 and $2,700 a tonne during 18 months of strong demand. Now prices have fallen as much as 12%, to between $2,200 to $2,700 per tonne. The smaller flake of -100 mesh, grading 94% to 97% C, fell by $100 to the $1,900-to-$2,300 range.

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