한국의 흑연 생산 및 수출입 역사

Graphite is the most highly utilized carbon material among carbon materials such as carbon fiber, activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, graphene and carbon black. Since almost all of the required amount of graphite demand in Korea is imported at high prices from China, Germany, Japan and others, this research was conducted with the aim of suggesting ways to redevelopment of domestic natural graphite mines and improve the cost competitiveness of graphite application industries in Korea. Korea was one of the largest producers and exporters in the world before 1945, but in recent years, it has hardly been produced. As a result, we analyzes the history of the production and export volume of natural graphite and the reason why natural graphite production was suspended, and to emphasize the importance of re-mining of domestic natural graphite and development of artificial graphite, which has steadily increased in domestic demand. The history of production and export of natural graphite was divided into periods prior to 1945, from 1946 to 1965, and from 1966 to 2011. The history of graphite imports was analyzed separately before 2000 and after 2000. Through this analysis, we found that the cost competitiveness of the graphite application industry in Korea is decreasing as import unit prices continue to rise every year. Therefore, it was recognized that the development of its own mine development for securing natural graphite and the development of source manufacturing technology for producing artificial graphite are very urgent task. For this purpose, it was emphasized that it is very important to improve the cost competitiveness of the graphite application industry through continuous support from the government and related institutions.