New research shows how and where tungsten accumulates in bones of mice exposed to the element through drinking water. The findings, by a team of chemists and biologists at McGill University, could add to doubts over the once-universal assumption that tungsten poses little or no health risk to the general human population.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online: Opening this week, the trading activity in the whole tungsten market is low, mainly affected by increased shipments of tungsten ore enterprises leading to buys following up slowing last week. High-price transactions are hardly concluded in the previous stage, so under the weak supply and demand, tungsten price lacks strength to rise.

Tungsten Mining says it’s put its foot on more “significant” tungsten and molybdenum mineralisation at a West Australian project known as Mt Mulgine.

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest price of lanthanum oxide and dysprosium oxide is unchanged from the previous trading while praseodymium neodymium metal price drops slightly. As downstream customers follow up slowly, rare earth manufacturers face great inventory pressure. Considering high stock-holding cost of sellers, plus the environmental protection cost, traders mainly wait and see. The short-term market would be in heavy short atmosphere and market price maintains weak adjustment.