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In the Carbon Materials Unit, we handle a wide range of products in five different product areas. |
Coal Coke
Through our export and import activities as well as offshore and domestic trading, we handle approximately two million tons of coal coke a year, most of which is used in steel production. In recent years, our activities represent approximately 15 percent of the world's sea-borne trade of coal coke.
Electrodes
We export artificial graphite electrodes for use in melting scrap and direct reduced iron with electric furnaces at steel plants. Our business represents approximately 40 percent of Japan's exports of artificial graphite electrodes.
Tar
We handle sales of coal tar for production of various distilled tar products, coal tar pitch for production of anodes for aluminium smelting and graphite electrodes for steelmaking, and carbon black feedstock for production of tire reinforcing carbon black and materials for ink.
Carbon Fibers
We widely sell pitch-based carbon fibers, both in Japan and around the world, primarily as an insulator for use by semiconductor manufacturers and makers of industrial furnaces.
Activated Carbon
We sell pitch-based bead-shaped activated carbon, both in Japan and around the world, for use in water purification as well as in gas and liquid filters.
Export and import as well as domestic and offshore trade of coal coke (in steel production and foundries) carbon black feedstock, pitch and coal tar; export of artificial graphite electrodes; export and domestic trade of activated carbon and carbon fibers.
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