M'zaka zaposachedwa, dziko lapansielectrode ya graphitemsika wakula pang'onopang'ono chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa mafakitale osiyanasiyana.Imodzi mwamafakitale omwe amayendetsa kufunikira ndi mafakitale azitsulo.Ma electrode a graphitendi gawo lofunika kwambiri pakupanga zitsulo ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga zitsulo zamagetsi arc ng'anjo (EAF).

Kutumiza kwa ma elekitirodi a graphite kwakhala kukukulirakulira m'zaka zaposachedwa chifukwa chakukula kwa chitsulo m'maiko omwe akutukuka kumene monga India, Brazil, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, ndi Thailand.Achuma omwe akutukukawa akhala akukulitsa luso lawo lopanga zitsulo, zomwe zapangitsa kuti pakhale kufunikira kwa ma electrode a graphite.

India, makamaka, yatulukira ngati wogula wamkulu wa ma elekitirodi a graphite, pomwe dzikolo likuitanitsa zoposa 30% zazomwe zimafunikira padziko lonse lapansi.Boma la India likufuna kuwonjezera mphamvu zopangira zitsulo mdzikolo mpaka matani 300 miliyoni pofika 2023, kufunikira kwa ma electrode a graphite kukuyembekezeka kukulirakulira.

Chuma chinanso chomwe chikukwera kwambiri, dziko la Brazil, lomwe ndi dziko lachisanu ndi chinayi padziko lonse lapansi lopanga zitsulo, lakhala likuika ndalama zambiri m’gawo lake lazitsulo.Monga India, chifuniro cha Brazil cha ma elekitirodi a graphite chakhala chikukulirakulira, pomwe dzikolo likutumiza kumayiko opitilira 10% pazofunikira padziko lonse lapansi. 

Ma electrode a graphite ochokera ku Egypt, Germany, Turkey, Thailand ndi mayiko ena akuchulukirachulukira.Maikowa akhala akuyika ndalama zawo popanga zitsulo, zomwe zapangitsa kuti pakhale kufunikira kwa ma electrode a graphite.

Kuphatikiza apo, ma elekitirodi a graphite amphamvu kwambiri (UHP) ayamba kutchuka pakati pa opanga zitsulo chifukwa chogwira ntchito bwino kwambiri komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri poyerekeza ndi ma elekitirodi a graphite a EAF.Ma electrode a Ultra-high purity graphite akuyembekezeka kuwerengera gawo lalikulu la kufunikira kwa ma graphite electrode pamsika wapadziko lonse lapansi.

Mwachidule, msika wapadziko lonse lapansi wa graphite electrode ukukula pang'onopang'ono m'zaka zaposachedwa, motsogozedwa ndi kufunikira kochokera kumayiko omwe akutukuka kumene monga India, Brazil, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, ndi Thailand.Kufunika kwa ma elekitirodi a graphite kukuyembekezeka kukwera m'zaka zikubwerazi ndikuchulukirachulukira kwamakampani opanga zitsulo komanso kusintha kwa ma elekitirodi a graphite a UHP.