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    The growth rate of prebaked anodes has narrowed, and the operating pressure of enterprises has increased

  • China Aluminium Network
  • Post Time: 2022/11/22
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    【Aluminum Road Network】

    The price of prebaked anodes continued to rise slightly in November. As a price vane, the benchmark price of prebaked anodes purchased by large electrolytic aluminum enterprises in Shandong was 7,200 yuan/ton in November, an increase of 20 yuan/ton from the previous month. Although the medium and high sulfur petroleum coke last month The price trend is weak, but the price of coal tar pitch has risen significantly, and the cost side continues to support the prebaked anode. In terms of profit, based on the Shandong market price as the cost calculation basis, the raw material cost of prebaked anodes in this round of settlement cycle is about 6853.5 yuan / ton, and the purchase price of prebaked anodes is 7200 yuan / ton, regardless of labor, storage and equipment depreciation Under the premise of equal costs, the profit of prebaked anode enterprises is around 346.5 yuan/ton, which is 40 yuan/ton lower than that of last month.

    Figure 1 Price and profit trend of prebaked anode in Shandong market (unit: yuan/ton)



    Data source: Mysteel

    During the current settlement cycle, the cost of petroleum coke accounted for 73.96% of the cost of prebaked anodes, and the cost of coal tar pitch accounted for 18.19%. Due to the continuous rise in the price of coal tar pitch, the cost of modified pitch increased slightly. Let us look at the recent trend of raw material prices in detail:

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