Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest price of lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide and dysprosium oxide is unchanged from the previous trading day because sellers and buyers are in a stalemate and market trading increases slowly. At the end of the April, most market participants have little plans in purchasing and the market is caught in heavy wait-and-see atmosphere. Given that, the rare earth price shows signs of decline.

Cobalt is the most dazzling star in the nonferrous metal market in 2017. The international cobalt price has risen since 2016. After September 2017, the price of cobalt hit a climax. Almost every day it was boiling. According to rough calculations, the cobalt price at the end of the year doubled compared with the beginning of the year.

With the increasing quantity of steel biddings at the end of the month and rise of international molybdenum price, Chinese market confidence is boosted and businesses keep firm quotation. But the actual trading volumes still need to be increased. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online: Domestic tungsten market performs poorly on the whole even in the Golden March and Silver April. Smelting factories restarting working dilutes the good trading atmosphere in the raw material side, coupled with market demand fails to meet expectations, tungsten price is basically in the downward trend this month.