Tungsten oxide has wide range of applications in photo- and electrochromic devices, photosensitive materials and biomedicine and it has a strong antibacterial effect based on high photocatalytic activity, which may be further increased by UV irradiation and the use of smaller tungsten particles. Therefore, tungsten oxide is currently used as a visible spectrum photocatalyst for wastewater purification. Moreover, tungsten oxide nanoparticles fight against infection and cancer.

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest price of PR ND oxide, praseodymium oxide and lanthanum oxide is unchanged from the previous trading day on sluggish market demand. The unchanged listing prices of molybdenum oxide of Southern Rare Earth Group reflects the attitudes of large enterprises towards market outlook and the deadlocked supply and demand still is hard to be changed.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online: Due to the recovery of mines production in the second quarter, demand growth is lower than capacity release. Most businesses are negative about the outlook and are not active in trading, so domestic tungsten price is continuing its weak trend.

In the molybdenum concentrate market, the availability of spot goods is tight, so businesses face little pressure of sales and mainly wait for proper price. Steel biddings will soon restart in the ferro molybdenum market, but the quantity of biddings at a relatively low level weakens market confidence, some traders even reduce profits for more transactions.