From January to April, the total export volume of oil-based needle coke was 86,600 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 50.79%
From January to April 2020, China’s total needle coke output totaled 140,000 tons (60,000 tons of coal-based and 80,000 tons of oil-based). Import and export: In terms of needle coke imports, the total coal-based needle coke imports from January to April were 17,800 tons, down 23.8% year-on-year; the total imports from oil-based needle coke from January to April were 23,900 …
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EPM Group launched a modern direct heating graphitization furnace
Moscow, May 19, 2020: EPM Group launched a modern direct heating graphitization furnace at the EPM-Novocherkassk electrode plant. The cost of building the furnace amounted to 45 million rubles. The new equipment possesses improved technical parameters, high energy efficiency and environmental safety. The furnace will increase the output of 610 mm- electrodes by 280 tons per month. “Despite the processes taking …
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Needle Coke Project by Wuhai Baohua Wanchen Coal Chemical Co., Ltd.
The main equipment was fully installed at the Wuhai Baohua Wanchen Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. project for the production of 50,000 tons of needle coke. It is expected that tests for thermal loads will end by the end of August 2020. The construction of Wuhai Baohua Wanchen Coal Chemical Co., Ltd. project began on March 15, 2019, with an estimated …
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European steel market still in uncertainty
It was reported that European producers and traders have resumed activities in the past few weeks but they still struggled because the order volume was about half of normal. Tommaso Sandrini, president of Assofermet Acciai, said that the order situation in Europe was worrying since the recovery in the automobile manufacturing industry and other steel consumer industries were very slow. …
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Jilin Zhongyi Carbon 35,000 tons ultra-high power graphite electrode project started construction
The first phase of construction: the total investment amount is 620 million yuan (about 88 million dollars), the design capacity of 35,000 graphite electrodes, mainly with a diameter of 600 mm. The second stage – 65,000 UHP graphite electrodes with a diameter of 700-800. The total design capacity is 100 thousand graphite electrodes. Source: Graphite & Carbon
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Xi inspects Shanxi’s capital city Taiyuan
TAIYUAN, May 12 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Tuesday inspected Taiyuan, capital city of north China’s Shanxi Province. During the inspection, Xi learned about transformation and upgrading of the traditional manufacturing industry, work and production resumption of enterprises, ecological and environmental protection, and pollution prevention and control. Source: Xinhua
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Baosteel conducts yuan-denominated deal with Rio Tinto
SHANGHAI, May 12 (Xinhua) — Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., known as Baosteel, on Tuesday said it has recently made its first yuan-denominated iron ore purchase worth over 100 million yuan (about 14.1 million U.S. dollars) with Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. The subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited said the cross-border Renminbi (RMB) settlement was supported …
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Baofang Carbon Materials’ 100,000 tons ultra-high power graphite electrode project resumed
Baofang Carbon Material Technology Co., Ltd. was established on August 22, 2018. It was jointly invested by Baowu Carbon Materials of China Baowu Group and Fangda Carbon, a listed company of Liaoning Fangda Group, to jointly fund the construction. The 100,000-ton ultra-high-power graphite electrode project under construction has a total investment of 2.7 billion yuan and covers an area of …
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The construction of 60,000 tons of ultra-high power graphite electrode project in Shanxi
Located in Jishan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Shanxi Meishan Lake Technology Co., Ltd. has a busy scene at the construction site of the ultra-power graphite electrode project with an annual output of 60,000 tons and a diameter of 600mm and above. The builders do not rest on holidays, seize the golden period of construction, and go all out to …
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Congratulations on the 75th Anniversary of Victory Day!!!
Congratulations on the 75th Anniversary of Victory Day!!! Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (after midnight, thus on 9 May Moscow Time). The Soviet …
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