Recently, the price of flake graphite in Shandong rose again, at present, the mainstream price of -195 flake graphite manufacturers is 3000-3500 yuan/ton, 100-300 yuan higher than in July; +895 flake graphite manufacturers mainstream offer in 5400-5700 yuan/ton, compared with July 100-200 yuan. (The above price is the ex-factory reference price including tax) the rest, such as +599, +895, +198 and other types of flake graphite prices have also increased by different degrees, a few enterprises still maintain the level of July.

The main reasons for the price rise of flake graphite in Shandong are as follows:

First, the current coal price in Shandong has risen to 1100 yuan/ton, and each ton of drying flake graphite will consume about 300 kg of coal.

Second, due to the power shortage, and in order to ensure the Olympic Power supply, shandong part of the implementation of limited power supply for enterprises, each manufacturer only allowed to use electricity for 4 days a week, resulting in insufficient production of some manufacturers; Some manufacturers have their own diesel generators to generate electricity during power rationing, and the high oil price has become a "boost" to the price of flake graphite.

Third, due to the arrival of the Olympic Games, Qingdao, Shandong province and other places as important venues, environmental protection is particularly important. To this end, the government closed down some environmental protection unqualified enterprises; At the same time for the sake of Olympic security, the state is particularly strict control of explosives, some areas have no explosives available since July 20, although some enterprises stored a certain amount of explosives in the early stage, but it is insignificant in the strong market demand.

In short, the price rise of flake graphite is caused by many reasons, the industry believes that the high price of flake graphite will continue for a period of time.