SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    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): October 22, 1999


                        THE CARBIDE/GRAPHITE GROUP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


        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 5.  Other Events

     On October 22, 1999, the Registrant  issued a press release  announcing the
resignation  of James G. Baldwin as a director,  effective  that date. A copy of
the press  release is attached as an exhibit to this report and is  incorporated
herein by reference. A copy of Mr. Baldwin's letter of resignation dated October
22, 1999 is also attached as an exhibit to this report.


Item 7.  Exhibits

Exhibit No.                         Description
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17                                  Letter of Resignation of James G. Baldwin
                                    Dated October 22,1999

99.1                                Press Release Dated October 22, 1999





                                   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 undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     THE CARBIDE/GRAPHITE GROUP, INC.

                                     /s/  Walter B. Fowler
                                     Walter B. Fowler - Chief Executive Officer

Dated:  October 22, 1999






                                                                    Exhibit 17





                                                 October 22, 1999

Board of Directors
The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc.


Gentlemen:
     I hereby submit my resignation as a member of the Board of Directors of The
Carbide/Graphite  Group,  Inc. and its  subsidiaries  and any  committees of the
Board of which I am a member, effective October 22, 1999.

                                                 Sincerely,


                                                 /s/ James G. Baldwin

                                                 James G. Baldwin





                                                                  Exhibit 99.1

                        THE CARBIDE/GRAPHITE GROUP, INC.
                           NOTES DIRECTOR RESIGNATION

     Pittsburgh,  PA -  October  22,  1999 - The  Carbide/Graphite  Group,  Inc.
(NASDAQ NNM:  CGGI) today said that James G. Baldwin,  74, has resigned from the
Company's  Board of  Directors.  Mr.  Baldwin,  who had been a  director  of the
Company  since its  inception  in 1988,  also served as its  Chairman  and Chief
Executive Officer until his retirement in 1994.  Walter B. Fowler,  Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of C/G,  commented,  "Jim provided  valuable  leadership
throughout his career at C/G and was  responsible  for much of our early success
achieved after the Company's buy-out from The BOC Group in 1988. We are grateful
for his contributions and wish him well in the future."

     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.