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UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC.           BRANDYWINE WEST, 1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301,
                                  WILMINGTON, DE 19803

                                                          N E W S  R E L E A S E

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                CONTACT:  Elise A. Garofalo
                                                  Director of Investor Relations
                                                                    302-778-8227


         UCAR ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $400 MILLION OFFERING OF SENIOR NOTES


         Wilmington, DE - February 8, 2002 - UCAR International Inc. (NYSE:UCR)
today announced the pricing of its previously announced private offering of
Senior Notes due 2012. The aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes has
been increased to $400 million. The Senior Notes have an annual coupon rate of
10.25 percent. The issue price of the Senior Notes is 100 percent of principal
amount plus accrued interest, with the first semi-annual interest payment due on
August 15, 2002. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering
for the repayment of debt under its senior secured credit facilities. The
closing of this offering is expected to take place next week.

         The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent such registration or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.

         This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, the notes in
any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

         UCAR INTERNATIONAL PROVIDES NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC GRAPHITE AND CARBON
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS IN THE STEEL, ALUMINUM, FUEL CELL POWER
GENERATION, ELECTRONICS, SEMICONDUCTOR AND TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES.

         NOTE: THIS NEWS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS DEFINED
IN THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995. THESE INCLUDE
STATEMENTS ABOUT SUCH MATTERS AS THE EXPECTED CLOSING OF A PRIVATE PLACEMENT AND
THE ANTICIPATED BENEFITS FROM THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT, A RELATED AMENDMENT TO
SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITIES AND A COST SAVINGS PLAN. WE HAVE NO DUTY TO
UPDATE SUCH STATEMENTS. ACTUAL FUTURE EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES (INCLUDING FUTURE
RESULTS) COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE SET FORTH IN THESE STATEMENTS DUE TO
VARIOUS FACTORS. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE POSSIBLE CHANGES IN CAPITAL MARKET
CONDITIONS OR IN THE BUSINESS, PROSPECTS, RESULTS OF OPERATION OR FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF UCAR INTERNATIONAL THAT RESULT IN TERMINATION OF THE OFFERING OR
CHANGES IN THE TERMS THEREOF, THE POSSIBILITY THAT MARKET INTEREST RATES COULD
INCREASE WHICH WOULD INCREASE INTEREST EXPENSE ON OUR VARIABLE INTEREST RATE
DEBT, THE POSSIBILITY THAT COST SAVINGS ANTICIPATED UNDER THAT COST SAVINGS PLAN
MAY NOT BE ACHIEVED AND OTHER RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES, INCLUDING THOSE DETAILED
IN FILINGS BY UCAR INTERNATIONAL WITH THE SEC.