Monthly Carbon Market Report April

Content
1 Market Highlights 4
2 Economy and Policy 4
2.1 Binzhou Aluminum Industry Association sets up branch of carbon for aluminum production 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1.1 Prebaked anode prices continue to decline 4
3.1.2 Pet coke prices move down 5
3.1.3 Calcined pet coke prices decrease 5
3.1.4 Coal tar pitch prices up 5
3.2 International Market Movements 5
3.2.1 Export prices for prebaked anode stable 5
4 Company News 6
4.1 Jinqiao Carbon to launch new calcinators 6
4.2 Guanlv Carbon postpones anode production resumption 6
4.3 Huasheng Aluminum operates newly-built roasting furnace 6
4.4 Qingzhou Tailong to start new roaster in mid-April 6
4.5 Hualu Aluminum to launch molding machine in mid-April 7
4.6 Kailong Carbon to finish furnace construction in early May 7
4.7 Giant Reform Energy finishes maintenance for two calcinators 7
4.8 Shandong Innovation Carbon Material to launch anode project in June 7
4.9 Yiren Industrial to resume anode production in June 7
4.10 Shaanxi Meixin halts anode production 7
4.11 Jiefuyi Zaozhuang plant conducts maintenance 7
4.12 Danyuan Carbon's anode output down in April 8
4.13 Xinheng Hydropower to purchase no anode in May 8
5 Producers Statistics 8
5.1 China's prebaked anode output up by 8.2% MOM in April 2018 8
6 Consumers Statistics 9
6.1 China's prebaked anode consumption down by 3.7% YOY in April 2018 9
7 Customs Statistics 9
7.1 China's prebaked anode exports down by 29.5% MOM in Mar 2018 9
7.2 China's pet coke S<3.Asian Metal Copyright5% MOM in Mar 2018 9 7.Asian Metal Copyright0% imports down by 23.4% MOM in Mar 2018 10
7.3 China's other calcined pet coke exports up by 11.2% MOM in March 2018 12
8 Relevant Industry News 13
8.1 Laibin Yinhai Aluminum's phase II primary aluminum project comes on stream 13
8.2 Xinjiang Qiya puts new primary aluminum project on hold temporarily 13
8.3 Guangxi Xinfa to run at full primary aluminum capacity 13
8.4 Yunnan Aluminum Haixin Aluminum postpones starting primary aluminum project 13
8.5 Baise Mining starts new primary aluminum project 13
8.6 Laibin Yinhai Aluminum launches primary aluminum project 13
8.7 Xingren Denggao Aluminum announces coal-power-aluminum project capacity replacement scheme 14
9 Market Outlook for Next Month 14
9.1 Prebaked anode prices to decline 14
9.2 Pet coke prices to stabilize 14
9.3 Calcined pet coke prices to edge down 14

Graph 1 Price trend for Chinese prebaked anode 3
Graph 2 Price trend for Chinese pet coke 2% max 4
Graph 3 China's prebaked anode output by month 7
Graph 4 Chinese major prebaked anode producing areas by month 7
Graph 5 China's monthly consumption of prebaked anodes 8
Graph 6 China's monthly consumption of prebaked anodes by major region 8
Graph 7 China's prebaked anode exports by month 8
Graph 8 Monthly statistics for China's prebaked anode exports by major countries 8
Graph 9 Exportprices of Chinese prebaked anode by major destination countries 8
Graph 10 China's pet coke (S<3.0%) imports by month 10
Graph 11 China's pet coke (S<3.0%) imports by country 10
Graph 12 Chinese other calcined pet coke exports by month 11
Graph 13 China's monthly exports for other calcined pet coke by major countries 11

Table 1 Chinese major prebaked anode exporters in March 9
Table 2 Chinese pet coke (S<3.0%) importers in March 10
Table 3 China's exporters for other calcined pet coke in March 11

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