Chinese Rare Earth Prices - July 16, 2019

Chinese rare earth prices remain weak adjustment in July. Firstly, the market comes into the off season and inquiry decreases; secondly, most magnetic material enterprises take a watchful stance, making a purchase according to actual needs to control their inventories in a reasonable level; finally, terminal purchasers are not active in buying. 

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Chinese Tungsten Prices Were Weak on Quiet Market

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Opening this week, Chinese tungsten prices continued to remain weak adjustment as the market lacks clear guidance at present. Downstream buyers remain low buying appetite, but the supply of raw materials also is in shortage due to the environmental protection inspection, output cuts of smelting factories and inventories consumption of factories. 

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Ferro Molybdenum Price - July 16, 2019

Molybdenum market quotation in China: ferro molybdenum price edges higher while prices of molybdenum oxide and molybdenum bar remain unchanged in July. Molybdenum concentrate market keeps firm as production is limited under environment protection inspection and smelting factories become active in inquiry.

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China Has Tungsten Alloy Armor-Piercing Projectiles Equipped 99A2 Tank to Confront M1A2

China has tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectiles equipped 99A2 tank to confront M1A2 of Taiwan, at the same time, US arms companies will face sanctions of selling weapons to Taiwan.

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US Army Seeks Tungsten Carbide Plants for Newest 120mm Mortars And 6.8mm Projectiles

The US Army seeking potential tungsten carbide plants for its new 120mm mortars and 6.8mm projectiles production according to the US military website "Defence Blog" reported on 10th July. The US Army is conducting a market investigation to find a manufacturer to produce large-caliber new 120mm mortars. It also announced a draft tender specification for new 6.8×43mm projectiles, attracting vendors participating in the bidding.

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Rare Earth Could Be Replaced by Common Elements Compounds

Rare earth is indispensable raw materials in various fields. Recently, the University of Michigan team has developed a technology that combines the ordinary elements into common elements compounds that can replace rare earth metals and has the opportunity to reduce the dependence of industries on rare earth elements.

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Interchange Between Earth’s Core and Mantle through Tungsten Isotopes

By measuring minute changes in the ratio of tungsten isotopes, an international collaborative research team has solved a puzzle that has been debated for decades: Is there an interchange of material between the earth’s core and the mantle? The paper has been published in Geochemical Perspective Letters recently.

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China APT Prices Hit 2-year Lows on Slowing Demand in Early July

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Prices for ammonium paratungstate (APT) and tungsten concentrate in China fell to two-year lows in the week ended on Friday July 12, 2019, with softer-than-expected demand ahead of the upcoming summer lull and ample supply weighing on both markets.

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China Rare Earth Market - July 15, 2019

Rare earth market in China is in a weak adjustment on the whole with low trading activity. For light rare earth elements, prices are weak and some sellers start to sell at low prices. Supported by high costs, the space of reduce is limited. Prices of medium and heavy rare earth elements keep stable on tight supply of mines. Most market participants have good expectations for the outlook, but considering the off season, more enterprise purchase according to actual production needs. 

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Molybdenum Powder Price - July 15, 2019

Molybdenum market quotation in China: ammonium molybdate and ammonium heptamolvbdate prices decline slightly while molybdenum price is unchanged from last week. In the molybdenum concentrate market, owing to continued heavy rains, mining becomes more and more difficult and the production of molybdenum concentrate is limited. Downstream buyers are active in inquiry, so sellers have good sentiment. 

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Demand for Tungsten Weakened Due to Negative Impact of China-US Trade Friction

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Due to the sluggish global economic recovery and the negative impact of China-US trade friction, demand for tungsten has weakened and prices have been forced down. The overall revenue of the industry has declined in China, according to a statement released by the China Tungsten Association (CTIA).

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Chinese Rare Earth Prices - July 12, 2019

Chinese rare earth prices were in the downward trend in the week began on Monday July 8, 2019 on deadlocked supply and demand and weak market confidence. Prices of light rare earth elements declined slightly on oversupply of sport resources and weak demand; medium and heavy rare earth elements market stabilized under the support of environmental protection inspection and tightening availability of raw materials. In the off season, trading volumes are limited and prices tend to decline.

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Chinese Molybdenum Prices - July 12, 2019

Chinese molybdenum prices maintained stability in the week ended on Friday July 12, 2019 on active steel tenders and eased pressure of melting factories but cautious sentiment of traders. 

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Chinese Tungsten Prices May Bottom Out in July?

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The decline in Chinese tungsten prices has slowed down, but there is still controversy about when the price to enter the stage of rebound. Buyers and sellers have different views towards the outlook, and the whole tungsten market is weak. 

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Cerium Oxide Price - July 11, 2019

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest prices of dysprosium oxide, neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide edged lower in July. In the light rare earth markets, prices of cerium oxide and cerium related products decreased greatly, mainly because of the imbalance between supply and demand caused by the large amount of spot resources and the lack of back-end consumption.

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Molybdenum Powder Prices - July 11, 2019

Molybdenum market quotation in China: the latest prices of molybdenum powder, molybdenum oxide and ferro molybdenum are unchanged from the previous trading day on quiet market trading. In the raw material markets, molybdenum miners have reduced the production capacity of molybdenum ore due to the recent difficulty in mining, and the supply of raw materials is tight, which has prompted most holders to maintain their sale prices. 

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Taiwan Purchased KEW-A1 Tungsten Core Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot Equipped Tanks from US

Military of Taiwan received the strongest tanks equipped with KEW-A1 tungsten core armor-piercing discarding sabot (APDS) from US. Taiwan has purchased 108 units of M1A2T Abrams tanks for nearly 20 million US dollars each. It is the highest unit price record of the world's already serviced tanks.

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Tungsten-Containing Compound Plays A Unique Role in Converting Cellulose to Ethanol

Tungsten-containing compound plays a unique role in converting cellulose into ethanol because of its special function in catalyzing the cleavage of cellulose carbon-carbon bonds. This major discovery was recently discovered by Dalian Institute of Chemicals Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Ganzhou Tungsten Association Declined APT Price Sharply for July

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Chinese tungsten prices remained weak adjustment in the mid week Wednesday July 10 affected by the sharp decline in new tungsten forecast prices from Ganzhou Tungsten Association.

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Neodymium Oxide Price - July 10, 2019

Rare earth market quotation in China: prices of neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide declined slightly caused by the worry for imbalanced supply and demand and low trading activity of downstream. Heavy rare earth elements prices kept stable under the rectification of the industry. 

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