Ereopean graphite price are up 40%~50% since last year I was reading financial Q1 from leading edge and a note pop my eyes about graphite price :
Battery raw material prices have risen sharply over the last few months driven by continued strong demand and increasing production costs, not least due to increasing electricity costs globally2. Graphite prices in Europe, including spherical purified graphite (being the anode material feedstock), are recently reported3 to be up almost 40-50% compared to the same period last year4.
here are the ref links :
2https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/battery-ev-producers-grapple-with-record-high-prices-due-to-ongoing-raw-material-supply-crunch
3https://www.indmin.com/Article/5089795/Graphite/Strong-demand-in-China-tightening-supply-support-graphite-markets.html
4https://www.indmin.com/Article/3978011/Graphite-LatestNews/GLOBAL-GRAPHITE-SNAPSHOT-Prices-stable-but-freight-costs-new-material-sources-add-uncertainty.html