The government of Britain initiates Pacific rare earth mining in a global race to secure the rare earth elements (REEs) that are crucial for fighter jets, wind turbines and electric vehicles amid fears that China could use its monopoly of them.

Tungsten has become the vital material for the 'artificial sun'. It is reported that the all-superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor, known as the 'artificial sun' by the Hefei Institute of Material Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will soon complete a new round of upgrades to a core electron temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius. The new scientific research goal of 100-second pulse tungsten plasma material launched a challenge, and push the world's controllable nuclear fusion energy research to a new era.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China tungsten price remains stable early in this week as the market is caught in wait-and-see atmosphere. On the one hand, recent environmental checks have greatly affected the production and cost of raw materials; on the other hand, consumption seems not recovered when the export market remains uncertain. 

Baotou Zhongke Yuhang polishing materials Co., Ltd. has built a production line with an annual output of 6000 tons of rare earth polishing materials, breaking the monopoly of foreign companies on the high-end market of polishing materials.