Due to the double control of energy efficiency in Inner Mongolia and power limits in Gansu and other regions from January to March, there was a serious bottleneck in graphite electrode graphite chemical process. Until mid-April, the local graphitization started slightly better, but the release of production capacity was only 50-70%. After April, influenced by the centralized maintenance of raw materials and the high cost of arrival, the mainstream electrode manufacturers raised the product price substantially for two consecutive times in early and middle to late April.
Luo Tiejun, vice chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association, previously pointed out that the reduction of output to ensure that the survival of the fittest, "three limits, two unlimited". "Two restrictions" is not limited to reach the ultra-low emission grade A enterprise steel capacity; No limit on electric furnace short process steelmaking capacity. But the so-called is not limited, nor is it an unrestrained increase in production and expansion.
Under the background of strict control of steel capacity, it is emphasized that there is no limit on electric furnace short-process steelmaking capacity, which will boost the application of electric furnace steelmaking technology in the steel industry. At present, the crude steel produced by electric furnace steel in China only accounts for about 10% of the total output, which is lower than the global average level of 20% of electric furnace steel, so there is a large space for development. Graphite electrode as one of the main materials of electric furnace, its demand is expected to further increase under the impetus of this demand.