CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement  on Form  S-8 of our  report  dated  September  8,  2000,  except  for
paragraphs  2 through 5 of Note 6, as to which the date is  November  13,  2000,
relating to the  financial  statements,  which  appears in The  Carbide/Graphite
Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries  Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended July
31, 2000. We also consent to the  incorporation by reference of our report dated
September 8, 2000,  except for paragraphs 2 through 5 of Note 6, as to which the
date is November 13, 2000, relating to the financial statement schedules,  which
appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
of our report dated June 8, 2000,  relating to the financial  statements,  which
appears  in the  Annual  Report  of The  Carbide/Graphite  Group,  Inc.  Savings
Investment Plan on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
December 20, 2000