Petcoke Price Chart & Market Analysis 2026

Petcoke Price Information Spec: China national standards;Qualified product

Newest Price 483.75

Price Date 20260930

Day's Change -2.4

Day's Range 483.75 - 481.35

Month's Change +452.13

Month's Range 0 - 452.13

Year's Change +375.51

Year's Range 375.51 - 0

Opinions

Can low-sulfur petcoke remain the bottleneck for lithium battery anodes?

Do not assume substitution solves it. Medium-sulfur coke is harder to graphitize and raises impurity risk, so it only partially replaces low-sulfur feed. The practical hedge is blending capability plus long-term contracts, not switching grades outright.

What industries actually consume petcoke beyond fuel burning?

Anode makers and anode producers are quietly bidding for the same low-sulfur tons, so a buyer's real risk is not price level but allocation. Locking multi-year supply with a refinery beats spot purchasing once the anode ramp accelerates.

Why is China importing so much high-sulfur petcoke, and where does it go?

The sulfur split is the whole story. High-sulfur cargo is abundant and cheap, but it cannot be graphitized easily, so it never reaches the battery chain. Watch vanadium and trace metals, not just sulfur number, when qualifying a low-sulfur parcel for anode use.

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Overview

Petcoke (petroleum coke, CAS 64741-79-3) is a black or dark-grey, porous solid with a metallic lustre, over 90% carbon with hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur, and trace metals. It is the solid residue from crude oil refining and a key carbon feedstock.

Aluminium: calcined coke is the main raw material for prebaked anodes in aluminium smelting.
Battery materials: low-sulphur needle coke and anode coke are essential for lithium battery anode material, driving fast-charge and cycle-life performance.
Graphite electrodes: needle coke is the sole raw material for ultra-high-power graphite electrodes used in electric-arc steelmaking.
Fuel & reductant: high-sulphur coke is burned in glass, power, and cement plants, and used as a reductant in silicon smelting.

China's output is dominated by high- and medium-sulphur grades, with low-sulphur anode-grade coke a small share; delayed coking is the main route. Imports, led by low-sulphur material from Brazil and the US, remain essential for anode and aluminium carbon demand, while exports serve overseas aluminium producers.

Key domestic producers:
Sinopec – largest producer, with coastal refineries and anode-grade upgrades.
PetroChina – low-sulphur coke from Fushun and Daqing.
CNOOC – low-sulphur coke, including Zhongli.
Shandong independent refineries – medium- and high-sulphur coke.

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