There are several compounds in molybdenum sulphide, e.g. Mo2S3, MoS2, Mo285, M o S 3. Among them a crystal structure of molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is a layer lattice, as is the case for graphite or mica. F u r t h e r m o r e , M o S 2 is thermally active and easily oxidized in air to MoO 3. M o S 2 is also known to change to molybdenum metal via sequisulphide on heating in inert gases. For these reasons, it is interesting to study whether MoS2 powder compacts can be successfully consolidated to high density.Hot-isostatic pressing of synthetic mica [1, 2] and Co304 [3] using a closed system has been reported. Synthetic mica (fluorphlogopite), whose crystals are typically plate-like, could be both relatively fully sintered with [2] and without [1] additives by hotisostatic pressing using a glass capsule. On the other hand, Co304, changes to monoxide at 900 to 950°C in air [4] and could be consolidated only to 3.1 g cm -3 corresponding to 51% theoretical density (green density = 38.4T.D.) when sintered at 900°C in air. We then attempted to densify Co304 powder conpacts by hot-isostatic pressing under 150 MPa at 800 ° C for 2 h using glass containers and obtained dense bodies of above 92% theoretical density.