GrafTech Announces Graphite Electrode Price Increase
GrafTech announced a minimum 30% increase in graphite electrode prices, effective immediately for all open commercial negotiations, building on a pricing action it took in March 2026. The move follows three years of electrode price declines against rising raw material, energy, and logistics costs; management said cost reductions — workforce cuts, capacity idling, and the planned closure of its Monterrey, Mexico plant — are not sufficient on their own to restore sustainable economics.
Key figures
- Product
- graphite electrodes
- Effective
- immediately for all open commercial negotiations
- Cost actions cited
- workforce reductions, capacity idling, planned closure of Monterrey, Mexico facility
- Min price increase
- 30%
- Prior pricing action
- March 2026 pricing action
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