GrafTech International manufactures graphite electrode products essential to the production of electric arc furnace steel and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Co.'s customers include steel producers and other ferrous and non-ferrous metal producers in Europe, Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States countries, the Middle East and Africa, the Americas and Asia-Pacific, which sell their products into the automotive, construction, appliance, and other industries. Co.'s segment, Industrial Materials, is comprised of its two product categories: graphite electrodes and needle coke products. Petroleum needle coke is a key raw material used in the production of graphite electrodes. The EAF YTD return is shown above.
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