Post-Holiday Uptick Expected in Prebaked Anode Raw Material Prices

Published: Dec 31, 2025 18:29

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[SMM Aluminum Express] Raw material side, recent marginal improvement in the petroleum coke market demand has led prices to stop falling and stabilize. Post-holiday, with downstream enterprises' stockpiling and restocking demand gradually starting, domestic petroleum coke prices are expected to maintain a slight upward trend in the short term. In the coal tar pitch market, benefiting from stabilized costs of high-temperature coal tar and post-holiday restocking expectations, coal tar pitch prices are anticipated to stop falling and rebound. Overall, post-holiday, the prebaked anode raw material market holds positive expectations, and cost support is expected to gradually strengthen.

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