BLACK CHINA BLOG >> Petcoke

During the tough reforming period in China, petroleum coke, or petcoke has suffered much, with calcining plants being ordered to cut capacity or close completely. But if you talk about aluminum, you must acknowledge that petcoke is important now and in future.The process for making aluminum has not changed in decades, so if demand for aluminum is […]

Further to our post of about an hour ago, I just wanted to highlight one specific dot point in the new regulations about carbon companies. According to the new regulation, carbon companies who do NOT meet the standards will be ordered to close. Fair enough, but here’s the rub - carbon companies who DO meet […]

As most of you know, every year folks from around the world descend on the annual TMS convention to discuss the latest developments in petcoke, calcined coke and other raw materials. This year TMS is being held in San Diego. And each year, I run a live blog, describing the atmosphere and the […]

  The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has proposed measures in a draft policy document aimed at curbing the deteriorating air quality around key cities such as Beijing, Tianjin and the surrounding areas. The draft rule includes a total of 28 cities in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and Hebei provinces. Yesterday, it was announced that the first […]

The feature chart tells a story that subscribers to our Weekly Carbon Monitor are already across. Since the start of January, prices have taken off. The lower quality material has risen by 17.5% in 2 months, and that’s on an 8-week moving average basis. The thing is, anode prices are the last to react. […]

AZ China is about to issue the latest edition of the Semester Pricing Handbook, our quarterly publication designed to support anyone negotiating petcoke or CPC contracts. That includes buyers and sellers. There has been a lot of close scrutiny on calcined coke prices, especially since last year when prices dived, and some buyers capitalized […]