The #Graphite fix: Inside #China’s newest commodity addiction
#China’s aggressive environmental protection campaign has tightened supplies of #Graphite electrodes used in steelmaking, boosting the fortunes of big producers like Fangda Carbon as mills search far and wide for a material now in short supply.
#Beijing’s campaign for clearer skies has closed thousands of mills and mines producing low-quality steel and coal, and makers of electrodes, particularly those near big cities, have not been spared.
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