EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors of
GrafTech International Ltd.

We consent to incorporation by reference and inclusion in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 Amendment No. 1 (Registration No. 333-87302) of UCAR
Finance Inc. and GrafTech International Ltd. (formerly known as UCAR
International Inc.) of our report dated February 15, 2001 relating to the
consolidated financial statements of UCAR International Inc. and Subsidiaries as
of December 31, 2000 and for each of the years in the two-year period then
ended, which report appears in the UCAR International Inc. Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, and to the reference to our firm
under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.


/s/ KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
May 22, 2002