Graphite sector may be sleepwalking into overcapacity again - Asbury

摘要

The graphite sector may be heading back to overcapacity in the near term should new production coming to the market cause global supply to expand faster than demand, delegates heard at the 7th Graphite and Graphene conference in London, held in September. "We are looking to three years of tough times due to overcapacity," Stephen Riddle, chief executive officer of US graphite supplier Asbury Carbons, told delegates, citing several new producers expected to come onstream between 2018 and 2020.