Despite newly produced ferro-tungsten being packed and ready for shipment out of Vietnam and destined for Europe later this month,Europe expects the tightness in availability out of Rotterdam to last through until JuneJuly.

With tungsten concentrate prices rising steadily over the past two months in China, the official China ferro-tungsten price has moved way above numbers quoted in Europe, currently between USD43.20-44.20kg W in warehouse Rotterdam as of Tuesday.

However, recently completed ferro-tungsten production facilities in Vietnam have new material ready for shipment and offer an alternative choice.

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China ammonium paratungstate (APT) market moved up and the prices increased continuously in the recent several days.

However, the customer are inactive in making deal as they think that the ammonium paratungstate (APT) market will be quiet owing to the soft demand from the downstream industries.

A Japanese trader based noted that the offers for ammonium paratungstate (APT) increased in the recent two weeks, while the amount of transactions are little.

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European ammonium paratungstate (APT) market participants revealed that China export prices edged up USD5-10mtu last week with mainstream offers between USD355-365mtu CIF Rotterdam.

As a result, movement in the European spot market was non-existent as stockholders refused to budge on their current offers of between USD340-350mtu in warehouse Rotterdam, whilst buyers from the tungsten carbide and tungsten powder industries shunned these prices claiming that downstream tungsten product prices have shown little improvement in recent months.

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US hard tungsten scrap prices increase caused by international uptick. Activity for hard tungsten scrap has seen no noticeable change as the only fluctuation seems spurred by rate increases coming from China suppliers. 

APT values rose roughly USD15mtu since late March, which only had a slight impact on scrap values. Players remarked that domestic business seems to have slowed further as players hold on to product due to a sudden firming, but many stated that it is still difficult to conclude consistent sales.

According to US, the hard tungsten scrap prices keep at USD11.9-12.4lb for consumers, a USD0.1lb increase compared to early.

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