Graphite market development status and future market prospects analysis

Spherical graphite overview

Spherical graphite is made of high-quality, high-carbon natural flake graphite as raw materials. The graphite surface is modified by advanced processing technology to produce graphite products with different fineness and similar shape to an ellipse.

The main index to measure the quality of spherical graphite

One is the physical performance indicators: including particle size (D50, μm), tap density (g/cm3), specific surface area (m2/g), moisture (%), fixed carbon (%)

The second is the electrochemical performance indicators: Coulomb efficiency (%), charging capacity (mAh/g), cycle life (cycles)

In the process of spherical graphite processing, graphite dry concentrate is first crushed, trimmed, and magnetically separated in the spherical graphite workshop to form the primary product spherical graphite, and then enter the purification workshop to become spherical graphite (high purity) after high purity. -Temperature purification.

Graphite market development status and future market prospects analysis

Graphite is an inorganic non-metallic material with excellent performance and has a strong industrial relevance. Graphite deep-processing products are widely used in industries such as energy conservation and environmental protection, new energy, new-generation information technology, and high-end equipment manufacturing. China has made the graphite industry an important part of the development of national strategic emerging industries. my country has abundant reserves of natural graphite resources, ranking first in the world for a long time, and its output has also been ranked first in the world for a long time. In addition, my country is also the world's largest consumer of natural graphite.

However, the "upside down" phenomenon of my country's export of graphite primary products at low prices and a large number of high value-added graphite products at the same time has caused the graphite industry to be criticized for many years.

To change this status quo completely, the development of my country's graphite industry must target the frontiers and speed in corners before it can catch up from behind.

The world's graphite resource reserves are 130 million tons, of which China's graphite resource reserves are 55 million tons, ranking behind Brazil (58 million tons) and becoming the world's second largest graphite resource country. In the years before this, China has always been the country with the largest reserves of graphite resources in the world.

In addition to resource reserves, graphite production and consumption are also two important indicators to measure the relationship between market supply and demand.

my country has discovered a super-large large scale graphite mine in Alashan, Inner Mongolia, the Chahanmu Hulu graphite mine. The total amount of graphite resources has been proved to be 130 million tons, accounting for about 0.073 of the world’s recoverable reserves, with an average grade of 0.0545. It has obtained the mineral resource reserve review record of the Inner Mongolia Department of Land and Resources, which means that its reserves are officially recognized, that is, the arithmetic resource reserves.

The mine's large flake graphite minerals amount to 7.03 million tons, which is equivalent to the resources of seven major flake graphite production areas in Madagascar. The size of graphite flakes is measured by "mesh". The smaller the number of meshes, the larger the size of the flakes. They are commonly called large flakes, and vice versa, they are called "small flakes" or "fine flakes". According to the identification of rock and mine, the graphite flakes in the whole mining area of Chahanmuhulu mine accounted for 0.99.8. Further beneficiation tests show that the yield of the flotation concentrate is 0.61, while the majority of other domestic graphite flakes The ratio of graphite ore is generally only 0.3 to 0.4. Although individual graphite ore can reach a ratio of 0.5, the reserves are small. Compared with the reserves of Chahanmuhulu graphite ore, it is not at the same order of magnitude, so high-grade. Super large-scale resource reserves are rare in China and even in the world.

Analysis of graphite market prospects

As of 2018, the sales channels of the graphite upstream industry are mainly direct sales, agency, bidding, and export. With the continuous increase of China's graphite production enterprises, the competition in the industry has gradually intensified. Channels have become an important factor in the competition between enterprises. Good channels can be Save resources and gain benefits for enterprises. Different companies can choose the channel method that suits their own company's product characteristics, so as to occupy a larger share in the graphite market.

Graphite is mainly used in many industries, including the steel industry, conductive materials, and new materials industries. It is very important to make direct communication between manufacturers and users. According to the needs of users for the quality, quantity, and service of products, manufacturers and Direct communication with users can reduce some unnecessary troubles, so direct sales channels are also the main channels in the graphite downstream industry.

Agency is another channel form of graphite downstream industry. The agency channel is conducive to the promotion of products in the national market and even the global market through the existing sales network of the agency dealers. However, it is difficult to guarantee the sales of the company's own products if the distributors represent many brands of graphite products. Therefore, how to cultivate the loyalty of dealers and mobilize the enthusiasm of dealers is the key to this type of channel. Currently, the graphite industry has fewer agency channels than direct sales channels, which are affected by factors such as graphite transportation costs. At present, some of China's graphite products are used for export, and export can expand the company's product sales. However, if you rely too much on product exports, it will bring great risks to the company's operation. Once foreign economic fluctuations affect the demand for graphite, it will directly affect the demand for graphite. The operation of the enterprise.

Application of spherical graphite

Spherical graphite material has the characteristics of good conductivity, high crystallinity, low cost, high theoretical lithium insertion capacity, low charge and discharge potential, and high flatness. It is an important part of lithium ion battery anode material and is used as lithium ion anode material. Alternative products for battery production materials at home and abroad, with excellent electrical conductivity and chemical stability, high charge and discharge capacity, long cycle life, and environmental protection.

Spherical graphite price

The natural graphite market fell slightly this week, and there is still momentum for subsequent declines. The supply of small-scale graphite in Luobei area of Hegang is normal, but the downstream refractory materials continue to be sluggish, the peak demand season is not strong, the growth rate of lithium batteries has slowed, and the production capacity of spheroidized graphite is further expanded. The market outlook is not very optimistic for some time in the future.

In the first half of 2019, the supply pattern of the domestic natural graphite market has undergone significant changes. The domestic mining volume has declined and the import volume has surged. Under the pressure of environmental protection, the downstream demand has not increased significantly, but the market is instantly saturated.

At present, the enthusiasm for the development of graphite mines in Africa is increasing, but according to current market estimates, the profit of graphite is not much.

At the same time, more than 31 million tons of ore were discovered in the Miaoping Graphite Mine Exploration Area in Nanjiang County, with a mineral output of 1.4 million tons and an average grade of 4.46%. The prospective ore is expected to exceed 150 million tons, and the mine output is expected to exceed 7 million tons. Up to now, Pakistan and China have discovered 115 million tons of ore, 8.2 million tons of minerals, and more than 250 million tons of prospective ore. If mining, it will further impact the Chinese graphite market.

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