Resumen de Graphite recovery deferred until 2014
IM Data's pricing intelligence has shown that on average large flake prices have been more robust than medium flake grades. This is because of the abundance of medium flake output from China.
Amorphous graphite prices remained largely unchanged as the market stabilised entering Q3 2013 in reaction to an easing in China's output.
Meanwhile, the spherical graphite market also settled following a slowdown in consumption from sector's largest end market since the start of the year. During this period lithium-ion battery demand was marred by safety concerns stemming from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner investigation and a slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) battery production.
