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Nov
16:02
Cemtas foresees electrode shortage continuing in 2018
The shortage of graphite electrodes as well as high-priced and low-quality electrode supplies will continue in 2018, forecasts Turkish alloy steelmaker Cemtas.
The electrode supply scarcity, experienced in the last four months, resulted in a more than 10-fold increase in electrode prices. The share of the material in total steel production costs went up to 8% from below 2%. This raised production costs by €80/tonne ($), Cemtas comments in its nine-month act…
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