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Title: Demand for superpremium needle cokes on upswing

Abstract

The authors discuss how recent supply shortages of super-premium quality needle cokes, plus the expectation of increased shortfalls in the future, indicate that refiners should consider upgrading their operations to fill these demands. Calcined, super-premium needle cokes are currently selling for as much as $550/metric ton, fob producer, and increasing demand will continue the upward push of the past year. Needle coke, in its calcined form, is the major raw material in the manufacture of graphite electrodes. Used in steelmaking, graphite electrodes are the electrical conductors that supply the heat source, through arcing electrode column tips, to electric arc steel furnaces. Needle coke is commercially available in three grades - super premium, premium, and intermediate. Super premium is used to produce electrodes for the most severe electric arc furnace steelmaking applications, premium for electrodes destined to less severe operations, and intermediate for even less critical needs.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Petco International, Kingwood, TX (US)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7263189
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Oil and Gas Journal; (USA)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 87:52; Journal ID: ISSN 0030-1388
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; COKE; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; GRAPHITE; ELECTRODES; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; BY-PRODUCTS; CALCINED WASTES; COKING PLANTS; FURNACES; MANUFACTURING; STEELS; ALLOYS; CARBON; ELEMENTAL MINERALS; ELEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; MATERIALS; MINERALS; NONMETALS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTES; 020700* - Petroleum- Economics, Industrial, & Business Aspects; 020500 - Petroleum- Products & By-Products

Citation Formats

Acciarri, J A, and Stockman, G H. Demand for superpremium needle cokes on upswing. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Acciarri, J A, & Stockman, G H. Demand for superpremium needle cokes on upswing. United States.
Acciarri, J A, and Stockman, G H. 1989. "Demand for superpremium needle cokes on upswing". United States.
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title = {Demand for superpremium needle cokes on upswing},
author = {Acciarri, J A and Stockman, G H},
abstractNote = {The authors discuss how recent supply shortages of super-premium quality needle cokes, plus the expectation of increased shortfalls in the future, indicate that refiners should consider upgrading their operations to fill these demands. Calcined, super-premium needle cokes are currently selling for as much as $550/metric ton, fob producer, and increasing demand will continue the upward push of the past year. Needle coke, in its calcined form, is the major raw material in the manufacture of graphite electrodes. Used in steelmaking, graphite electrodes are the electrical conductors that supply the heat source, through arcing electrode column tips, to electric arc steel furnaces. Needle coke is commercially available in three grades - super premium, premium, and intermediate. Super premium is used to produce electrodes for the most severe electric arc furnace steelmaking applications, premium for electrodes destined to less severe operations, and intermediate for even less critical needs.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7263189}, journal = {Oil and Gas Journal; (USA)},
issn = {0030-1388},
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volume = 87:52,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
}