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On August 2 Business Standard reported: "The graphite electrode market is expected to sustain its growth momentum in the current year (2018-19) as the demand-supply gap is expected to widen."

On August 8 Mining.com reported: "Graphite: China’s H1 exports of natural graphite up 9% on previous year. Chinese exports of natural graphite have continued to rise, reaching an estimated 180kt in the first six months of 2018, a 9% increase on the same period the previous year. Exports (which include intermediate products such as spherical graphite) are rising to meet rapid growth in demand from the battery industry. Chinese exports have also been boosted since the scrapping of the 20% export tax on natural graphite in January 2017. Natural graphite exports subsequently increased to 344kt for the full year 2017, 44% above the 239kt figure for 2016.