Australian tungsten producer EQ Resources has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre to support high-tech sorting and recovery of the key mineral tungsten, an essential ingredient in cutting tools, welding electrodes, abrasives, and many other industrial applications.

2021 is a year of great significance in China's development history and the beginning of the 14th-five-year-plan, also it is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

Laos government officials have given permission to a Chinese company to mine rare earths on farms and grazing land in the country's northeastern provinces, however, compensation for displaced villagers has yet to be resolved, Lao sources say.

I. China's Tungsten Market Had a Good Start in 2022

1. Price Trend of Tungsten Raw Materials from the End of 2021 to Jan. 2022

In the tungsten products industry chain, tungsten concentrate is the primary commodity of tungsten products after mining and concentration, and it is also the first production link of the tungsten products industry chain. The output volume, quality and market price of tungsten concentrate have a direct and decisive impact on the whole tungsten products market.