Rare earth market quotation in China: terbium oxide, praseodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide prices start to decline on January 27, 2021 due to low trading activity in the market. some sellers also consider profit-taking. 

Quantum behavior in tungsten ditelluride (WTe2) insulators indicates possible new particles. A team of physicists from the United States and Japan has experimentally observed a phenomenon called quantum oscillation in a two-dimensional topological insulator, the monolayer WTe2. The team's findings, published in Nature, hint at the existence of an entirely new type of quantum particle - a neutral fermion.

Molybdenum market quotation in China: ferro molybdenum, molybdenum oxide and molybdenum concentrate prices are unchanged from the previous trading day on cautious sentiment of both buyers and sellers. The short-term market is expected to continue this trend. 

W Resources PLC stated that it has drawn a further GBP 500,000 from the GBP 4 million convertible bond financing with Atlas Capital Markets. The company owns tungsten assets in Spain and Portugal. This is the second drawdown obtained by the facility on March 30, 2020. The convertible bond file is a 5% coupon and has a maturity of 3 years.