There are many types of flake graphite in my country, and the market size is gradually growing.

Flake graphite, also known as crystalline graphite, is one of the subcategories of natural graphite. It is graphite formed after high-pressure metamorphism. It is mostly blue-gray in color, looks like fish scales in appearance, and has a layered structure inside. Compared with other types of graphite, flake graphite has better properties such as high temperature resistance, acid and alkali resistance, floatability, plasticity, and lubricity, and has high industrial value. According to the size of the flakes, flake graphite can be roughly divided into small flake graphite, large flake graphite, etc.; according to the different carbon content, flake graphite can be roughly divided into high purity graphite, medium carbon graphite, high carbon graphite, low carbon graphite, etc.

At present, the flake graphite purification process has matured and can be roughly divided into flotation method, hydrofluoric acid method, high temperature method, alkaline acid method, etc. Among them, the alkaline-acid method is currently the most widely used purification method, but this method has complex production processes and high costs; the flotation method has the advantages of higher production efficiency, good product purity, and low production costs, and has gradually become the most popular method in the industry. Mainstream production technology.

From the perspective of application fields, flake graphite is mainly used to produce sealing materials, lubricants, refractory materials, thermal insulation materials, heat dissipation materials, pencils and other products in the fields of steel, mechanical equipment, new energy vehicles, metallurgy, electronic information, chemical industry and other fields. obtain widespread application.

In the early days, the flake graphite market was mainly concentrated in traditional application fields such as steel and metallurgy. However, after years of development, my country’s traditional markets such as steel and metallurgy have gradually become saturated, and the market demand for flake graphite has decreased. However, with the gradual advancement of production technology, the processing degree of flake graphite continues to deepen, and the application fields gradually expand. At present, my country’s flake graphite market is gradually shifting to emerging industries. In recent years, my country’s new energy vehicle and consumer electronics markets have developed rapidly. As the core component of new energy vehicles, lithium-ion batteries have seen growing market demand. As flake graphite is the main raw material for the production of lithium-ion batteries, market demand has increased.

According to the “2023-2028 Flake Graphite Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospect Forecast Analysis Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, With the continuous development of my country’s emerging industries, the market demand for flake graphite is gradually increasing. Against this background, the scale of my country’s flake graphite market has gradually grown. In 2022, my country’s flake graphite market size will be 5.72 billion yuan.

From the perspective of production area distribution, the main production areas of flake graphite in my country are located in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Hunan, Shandong, Sichuan and other provinces. At present, my country has formed six major flake graphite production and processing bases in Xinghe, Inner Mongolia, Panshi, Jilin, Luobei, Heilongjiang, Chenzhou, Hunan, Jixi, Heilongjiang, and Pingdu, Shandong.

Industry analysts said that my country’s flake graphite market has a large number of companies and has not yet formed a stable market competition pattern. At present, my country’s largest flake graphite production companies mainly include Huatai Graphite, Kingfa Technology, Tianshan Aluminum, etc. As my country’s market continues to develop, competition in the flake graphite market is gradually intensifying, large enterprises continue to expand, and the market is gradually concentrating on large enterprises. In the future, my country’s flake graphite market concentration is expected to increase.