Only Savvy Graphite Companies Will Succeed, Says Roskill

The Australian reported that graphite may be on track to experience the same rise and fall previously encountered by uranium, phosphate and rare earths. Roskill Information Services believes that as a result, it will be crucial for companies with new graphite projects to understand the market and find the right end users.

As quoted in the market news:

Last week, London-based Industrial Minerals reported that in 2012 the demand for flake graphite — the most valuable form, the others being amorphous and vein, besides synthetic graphite — had dropped by 27 per cent.

Yet now another British market analyst, Roskill Information Services, has brought out a 413-page report on graphite, saying demand for flake and synthetic graphite is continuing to grow.

But prices for flake graphite have almost halved since early 2012 (although far higher than the early part of last decade). Roskill doesn’t sound too confident that this increased demand will do much for prices.

Click here to read the full report from The Australian.