SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 23, 1996

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                        THE CARBIDE/GRAPHITE GROUP, INC.

        Delaware                    0-20490                    25-1575609
(State of Incorporation)    (Commission File Number)          (IRS Employer
                                                           Identification Code)


                         One Gateway Center, 19th Floor
                                 Pittsburgh, PA
                                      15222
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (412) 562-3700

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Item 1 through Item 4 Not applicable.

Item 5 -- Other Events

     On September 23, 1996,  the Registrant  released the following  information
with respect to the retirement of Nicholas T. Kaiser, the Registrant's  Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer:

          Pittsburgh, PA - September 23, 1996 - The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc.
     (NASDAQ NNM: CGGI) reported today that Nicholas T. Kaiser, the Chairman and
     Chief Executive Officer,  advised the Board of Directors that he intends to
     retire in the near  future,  upon the  selection of his  successor  and the
     completion of a transition  period.  Mr. Kaiser, who is 62, said he decided
     to retire for personal reasons and because the goals he had set for himself
     at the  Company had largely  been  accomplished.  He noted that he recently
     underwent a routine  angioplasty  and that he thought it was  desirable  to
     lessen his workload. He will continue as a director of the Company.

          Mr. Kaiser has served as Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer of the
     Company since October 1994,  and as its President  since October 1991,  and
     has been associated with the Company and its  predecessors  for close to 30
     years.  The Board  expressed its gratitude to Mr. Kaiser for his many years
     of outstanding service and in particular for his leadership since 1988 when
     the Company was formed.  Among many other  accomplishments,  Mr. Kaiser led
     the Company in its  transition to a public company and in launching a major
     modernization  program in the Company's  graphite  electrodes  business.  A
     Special Committee of the Board, consisting of the outside directors and Mr.
     Kaiser,  was appointed to recommend a successor.  Mr. Kaiser said: "With my
     goals for the  Company  completed  or well  underway,  it is time for me to
     devote more time to personal activities.  During my years at the Company, I
     have been fortunate to have had the  opportunity to work with many talented
     and  dedicated  colleagues  who were  instrumental  in the  success  of the
     Company and whose friendship and support I greatly value."

          The  Carbide/Graphite   Group,  Inc.  is  a  leading  manufacturer  of
     industrial   graphite  and  calcium  carbide  products  with  manufacturing
     facilities in St. Marys, Pennsylvania; Niagara Falls, New York; Louisville,
     Kentucky; Calvert City, Kentucky; and Seadrift, Texas.

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Item 6 through Item 8 Not applicable.





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                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended,  the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
     behalf by the following hereunto duly authorized.

                                        The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc.

                                            /s/  Nicholas T. Kaiser
                                  Nicholas T. Kaiser -- Chief Executive Officer
Dated:  October 2, 1996

























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