Automakers are increasingly using synthetic graphite material in their battery anodes, due to its greater availability and increasingly lower costs. Synthetic anodes are likely to make up 63% of the anode market by 2025, according to Benchmark, as a shortage of flake graphite supply is expected to curb the uptake of natural graphite anodes. Yet […]
> Benchmark Mineral Intelligence will continue publication of its existing Synthetic Graphite Anode High Energy and Natural Graphite Anode High Energy price assessments, reversing the previously announced specification change which took effect on 15 October 2025. In compliance with IOSCO principles, this followed Benchmark’s public consultation on the proposed change on 8 September 2025. Following additional […]
> Chinese flake graphite producers are facing low margins and are reducing utilisation rates as prices of the battery material fell in August after flattening out at low levels in recent months. Flake graphite has been under pressure due to a combination of sluggish downstream demand and an increased preference for synthetic graphite as some anode […]
> Improved demand from battery synthetic graphite anode producers and low inventories at the supply level saw prices of petroleum-based coke (pet coke) rise 3% this month following a 16% price drop last month, as assessed by Benchmark. A growing preference from anode producers to purchase pet coke over the more expensive needle pet coke also […]
> Benchmark hosted its inaugural Giga Africa event in Marrakesh, Morocco in September, featuring delegates from across the battery supply chain. Over the many conversations and discussions held about Africa’s place in the global battery supply chain, several key themes emerged: Explore these topics in the words of Giga Africa’s expert speakers and panellists.
> Lithium chemical prices spiked in China on Monday following a bullish speech by the chairman of Ganfeng – the world’s third-largest lithium producer – in which it was suggested that lithium demand growth could reach 30% in 2026. In a keynote speech on 16 November at the 10th International Summit on Power Battery Application in […]
> China has postponed the implementation of its expanded rare earth export controls announced in early October following high-level US-China trade negotiations in South Korea this week. It marks a temporary easing in what had become an escalating front in the tit-for-tat US–China trade confrontation. The announcement follows extensive economic and trade consultations in Kuala Lumpur, […]
> Following the conclusion of a formal public consultation, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence is modifying the specification of its high energy anode material grades to include a minimum charging rate, relevant for EV applications. This modification to the methodology for two of the existing grades in the Benchmark Anode Price Assessment begins from 15 October 2025. Two […]
> Prices for high energy synthetic graphite anodes levelled out in July as producers facing tightening margins resisted further drops amid signs of a rebound in the electric vehicle sales in China. The latest levelling out comes after months of slow downstream demand from the electric vehicle sector that have now pushed down synthetic graphite prices […]