Needle Coke is manufactured by distilling Coal Tar, a by-product of the steel industry, purging the impurities, and undergoing a heat treatment process. Its defining characteristics include a slender, long, needle-shaped anisotropic molecular structure, which grants high electrical conductivity, remarkable durability at elevated temperatures, and a low thermal expansion coefficient.
Only four countries globally (the United States, China, Japan, and Korea) manufacture it, with us being the sole domestic producer. Its high potential for growth positions it as a pivotal resource for promoting eco-friendly steel production and advancing future carbon materials businesses.
Primary Uses:
It serves as raw material for electrode rods in electric furnace processes (facilitating the transition to electric furnaces due to carbon neutrality), raw materials for cathodes, essential components for secondary batteries, and for expanding the future carbon materials value chain (such as SiC, CNT, Graphene, etc.)