Abstract: A process for producing graphitic agglomerates, comprising the steps of: ing together in a suitable mixer a very fine graphitic powder, a coal such as anthracite, pitcoal, coke etc., and a binder such as coal tar pitch, starch, lignan and its derivatives such as lignin-sulphonates etc., thermoplastic and thermosetting resins; heating this mixture to about the melting temperature of the binder; and feeding the amalgamated mixture into a moulding press in which it is solidified into ovoid shapes, briquets and the like, or feeding it into a pelletizing plant.