According to the announcement by the International Trade Administration (ITA) of the United States, on February 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce, USDOC) announced its preliminary affirmative determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of certain tungsten shot from the People’s Republic of China (China). USDOC is also conducting a concurrent countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of certain tungsten shot from China.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten market is characterized by a strong stalemate atmosphere. This is due to the insufficient elasticity of tungsten ore supply and limited purchasing demand from consumers.

Molybdenum market update on February 18, 2025

The domestic molybdenum market generally maintains a weakly consolidated operation. Amid the interweaving of bullish and bearish factors, the trading atmosphere among traders is rather subdued, leading to limited market trading volume and narrow-range fluctuations in product prices.

Recently, the official website of the Jiangxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission showed that the average price of 65 kinds of daily necessities included in the monitoring catalogue in Jiangxi increased by 40, decreased by 18, and remained unchanged by 7. Among them, the price of tungsten concentrate in industrial production materials remained unchanged, the price of rare earth remained unchanged, the price of steel fell more than it rose, and the price of copper rose slightly.