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Lack of High-tech Sector Demand Pressuring Graphite Prices
Oct. 16, 2013 09:45AM PST
Battery Metals InvestingIndustrial Minerals reported that prices for flake 97-percent carbon -100 mesh graphite, which is generally used by high-tech and niche industries, are more than 14 percent lower than they were at the beginning of the third quarter of this year.
Industrial Minerals reported that prices for flake 97-percent carbon -100 mesh graphite, which is generally used by high-tech and niche industries, are more than 14 percent lower than they were at the beginning of the third quarter of this year. As quoted in the market news:
Softening demand from high-tech industries is putting pressure on the price of tech-related graphite products, which have failed to achieve anticipated price increases as the market enters Q4.
In terms of the overall graphite market, there has been no significant change in demand, sources told IM Data, although many are expecting a slight upturn in sales over the coming weeks in anticipation of the winter…
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