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Industry News
Market conditions from July 1 to July 7
① Carburizing agent: the market price of raw material low sulfur petroleum coke has rebounded, and the demand side and traders have good enthusiasm to enter the market. With the tight resources in the middle and low sulfur market in the later period, the contradiction between supply and demand has risen, and it is expected that cost factors will continue to dominate the market of carburizing agent. At present, the commencement of domestic steel plants shows a continuous downward trend, and the demand side continues to undermine the carburetor market. However, in the middle and late July, there may be a positive phenomenon in the steel market, and the domestic carburetor market may show signs of increasing demand. It is expected that the carbon increaser market will operate under strong cost in the near future, but it will continue to be stable in the short term due to downstream demand.
② Low sulfur coke: the price of low sulfur calcined coke was stable this week. The price range of calcined coke with Jinxi green coke as raw material is 10000-10500 yuan/ton, and the calcination enterprise's shipment is acceptable. The price of raw material coke continued to run at a high level, with some increases. The market price of calcined coke remained stable at a high level due to cost factors. The downstream demand was fair, and the enthusiasm for receiving goods was general.
③ In terms of high sulfur coke: the shipment in the high sulfur market is stable, and downstream enterprises and traders enter the market to purchase on demand. Carbon enterprises started steadily, but the terminal electrolytic aluminum price continued to fall, and the carbon market for aluminum was in transition. It is expected that the price of domestic petroleum coke will remain stable in the next cycle, with some small adjustments possible.
④ Electrode market: the terminal demand of graphite electrode market is sluggish, and the enthusiasm for production is not high. Some enterprises reduce production or switch to crucible processing, and the market price is stable.
⑤ Downstream steel market: the average operating rate of electric arc furnace steel sample enterprises was 48.19%, down 9.46% month on month