Production method of compact

A production method of a compact in which a forming die is constituted by a die, an upper punch and a lower punch, and the upper punch and the lower punch slide inside the die, and the forming die defines a cavity with the die, the upper punch and the lower punch,

• the production method comprising:
• spraying a graphite-based lubricant comprising a solvent to a cavity surface of the die which faces the cavity;
• forming a first graphite-based powder layer by disposing graphite-based powder that does not contain a binder on a cavity surface of the lower punch which faces the cavity, forming a magnet powder body by putting magnet powder on the first graphite-based powder layer, the graphite-based powder that does not contain a binder being disposed on a cavity surface of the upper punch which faces the cavity, and forming a second graphite-based powder layer by disposing graphite-based powder that does not contain a binder on the magnet powder body;
• and
• producing a compact by performing press forming using the lower punch and the upper punch while heating the magnet powder body surrounded by the graphite-based lubricant applied to the cavity surface of the die, the first graphite-based powder layer, and the second graphite-based powder layer, and releasing the compact from the forming die.