Since China adopted a positive and sound macroeconomic policy, the national economy grows rapidly, it results the rapid growth of the tungsten carbide demand. At the same time of tungsten carbide growth in demand, the production is also increasing from 14.5 thousand tons in 2006 to grow to 24 thousand tons in 2011, a compound annual growth rate reaches 10.60%.

Tungsten carbide with high hardness, strength, wear resistance and corrosion resistance is called the "industrial teeth". It is used in the manufacture of cutting-away tools, cutting to

                 Beijing, May 6th, 2013 (Chinatungsten online)

                          Domestic Tungsten Market Quotation by Products

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Affected by the holiday of International Labor Day, the transaction in domestic tungsten market was quiet last week (Apr. 29-May 3, 2013), waiting for the guiding price for May to be published by Minmetals and Ganzhou Tungsten Association. The news that China's State Reserves Bureau (SRB) plans to buy about 100,000 t of tungsten conc. remained unconfirmed, but some of enterprises started to purchase tungsten concentrate. For example, China Molybdenum Co., Ltd sold 850 t Scheelite concentrate with transaction price of 1,810 yuan/mtu. The tungsten conc. price in domestic market went up slightly, compared with the previous week. While the price of ferrotungsten and tungsten carbide powder kept at 185,000-188,000 yuan/t and 288,000-292,000 yuan/t respectively.

                          Domestic Tungsten Market Quotation by Products on May 3

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Chinatungsten forecasts that the guiding price in May will be raised and the short supply of tungsten conc. is expected to continue in a short time.

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Mainstream ferro-tungsten prices in the European market have increased almost USD2.00/kg W since last Wednesday, with sales between USD45.00-45.60/kg W in warehouse Rotterdam being concluded already this week.

As of Tuesday, few stockholders in Europe were willing to offer material for sale below USD46.00/kg W in warehouse Rotterdam, and it appears prices are set to lift further in the coming days as traders sit on stocks of material on hand.

Ferro-tungsten originating from Vietnam has been the principle material in Europe for much of this year, with export prices from China often USD5.00/kg W above figures from Vietnam due to higher tungsten concentrate prices and export quotas.

However, delayed export shipments from the large Vietnamese producer through April and now May have led to diminishing stocks of material in Rotterdam. 

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