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.

For the first time, researchers in China and Korea have grown large monolayer crystals of a 2D material known as tungsten disulphide (WS₂). These crystals, grown on a sapphire substrate, are more than 3 cm in diameter and may become an alternative to silicon in next-generation semiconductor technology.

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.

A team of researchers affiliated with a U.S. institution has reported a way to use lanthanide–lanthanide bonds to create more powerful rare earth permanent magnets. In their paper published in Science, the team describes a technique to forge the chemical bonding of several lanthanide elements used in magnets.