The output of graphite in China has always been the highest in the world. In 2020, China will produce 650,000 tons of natural graphite, accounting for 62% of the global total. But China’s graphite powder industry is also facing some problems. The following Furuite graphite will introduce you in detail:
The first is that most graphite mining and processing enterprises in China are in a state of “small scattered weakness”, with disorderly development and predatory development prevailing, serious waste of mineral resources and low utilization rate. The second problem is that China’s natural graphite products are mainly primary products, and the added value of graphite products is low, and high-end products mainly rely on imports. The third is the overweight of environmental constraints, and the production of graphite powder has been strengthened by environmental control. The mining, washing and purification processes of natural graphite powder are easy to produce dust, destroy vegetation and pollute soil and water, while the backward production methods of graphite enterprises in China lead to environmental protection problems. Fourth, the pressure of labor costs, China stone mining is a labor-intensive industry, and labor costs account for more than 10% of the total operating costs. In recent years, the labor cost in China has risen rapidly. Fifth, the cost of energy is becoming more and more unbearable for graphite enterprises.
Graphite powder production is a high energy-consuming industry, and the electricity cost accounts for about 1/4. With the rise of new energy vehicles, anode materials of lithium batteries have become the most important application direction of graphite. Many large domestic enterprises have also invested in deep processing projects of flake graphite, and flake graphite has developed into high value-added products; At the same time, the integration of domestic mineral resources is also accelerating, and the high-quality resources of graphite industry will also be tilted to large and medium-sized production enterprises; The sharp increase in the demand of graphite powder industry will further promote the growth of graphite imports, and will also drive the re-layout of the domestic flake graphite market.
Post time: May-25-2023