Powder lubricant composition and method for manufacturing seamless steel pipe

A method for manufacturing a seamless steel pipe, comprising:

• adhering a powder lubricant composition to a pipe inner surface of a work piece which is piercing rolled to have a tubular shape;
• and
• elongation rolling on the work piece after the adhering of the powder lubricant composition,
• wherein the powder lubricant composition comprises:
• sodium borate:
• 65 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass;
• cryolite:
• 5 parts by mass to 35 parts by mass;
• and
• at least one selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid sodium salt and a fatty acid calcium salt:
• 0 parts by mass to 25 parts by mass,
• wherein a total of sodium borate and cryolite is 100 parts by mass,
• and wherein a temperature of the work piece before initial rolling in the elongation rolling is 700° C. or higher and lower than 820° C.