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): July 14, 1997




                        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










Item 1 through Item 4:  Not applicable.

Item 5 -- Other Events:

     On July 14, 1997, the Registrant  released the following  information  with
respect to a $22 million project to expand production capacity at its affiliate,
Seadrift Coke, L.P.:

     Pittsburgh,  PA - July 14, 1997 - The Carbide/Graphite  Group, Inc. (NASDAQ
NNM: CGGI) today announced  plans to expand its needle coke production  capacity
at Seadrift  Coke,  L.P.  located in Seadrift,  TX. The capital  project cost is
budgeted  at $22 million  and is  expected  to be  completed  during the next 12
months.  Once  completed,  the project will increase the  Company's  needle coke
capacity  over 30%,  from 130,000 tons  currently to in excess of 170,000  tons.
Installation  of equipment  for the project is planned for the third  quarter of
C/G's  fiscal  1998  and  will  require  the  Seadrift  plant  to  be  idle  for
approximately  two weeks. The project is subject to regulatory and environmental
permitting  approvals  and is expected to be funded from  internal cash flow and
available credit facilities.

     Walter  Fowler,  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer,  commented,  "This
project represents a major expansion of our needle coke capacity and is expected
to significantly improve the earnings potential of C/G. Several  debottlenecking
projects  completed  in early  fiscal 1997  achieved an  incremental  production
increase  of roughly  20,000  tons of needle  coke.  These  projects  led to the
current  project which we expect to increase  production of high quality  needle
coke by more than 40,000  tons.  We are very  pleased  with the  initiative  and
entrepreneurial  spirit  shown by the  employees  involved  in  developing  this
project."

     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  and Calvert City,
Kentucky; and Seadrift, Texas.

     Note: This release may contain forward looking statements as defined in the
Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995. Actual future results could
differ  materially  from  those  set  forth in such  statements  due to  various
factors. Such factors include the risks associated with technology, availability
of  suitable  feedstocks,  demand and prices for needle  coke and the ability to
obtain regulatory and environmental approvals and permits.

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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/  Walter B. Fowler
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                                    Walter B. Fowler - Chief Executive Officer
Dated:  August 25, 1997



















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