Tungsten Carbide Status in China
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China's tungsten carbide industry is developing rapidly, but still there is a problem, the situation is worrying.
Tungsten carbide industry in China the main problems: First, small scale enterprises, industry concentration is not high. According to incomplete statistics, 199 carbide Gold average annual production capacity of 176 tons, with an average annual production of 86 tons, annual output of more than 1,000 tons 4. Less investment in science and technology, The lack of high-end technical personnel, R & D capability is weak. Tungsten carbide industry in China in science and technology inputs less than 3% of the sales revenue, scientific.
European Ferro-tungsten Market News
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:30
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Ferro-tungsten market was very quiet yesterday, but that was largely a result of European holidays. Today nearly all offers in the market are around USD46.00/kg W in warehouse Rotterdam. It is hoping to purchase a truckload at USD45.50/kg W in warehouse Rotterdam this morning but have nothing concrete yet so the deal is still in doubt. The main problem at the moment is finding material in Europe for prompt release. People are just sitting on their stock and watching the prices shoot up.
Development Trend of Tungsten Carbide
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 16:36
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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
Tungsten Concentrate Market On May 9,2013
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- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:26
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China tungsten concentrate market keeps quiet, suppliers inactive in selling materials and most of the market participants hold wait-and-see attitudes towards the future market.
Furthermore, with the increasing tungsten concentrate prices, many tungsten concentrate suppliers are unwilling to sell materials now. The tungsten concentrate market is hard to see the low offers.
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Tungsten Weekly Review (Apr. 29-May 3, 2013)
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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
(Unit: yuan/t)
Products |
Type |
Mainstream Quotation |
By region |
Wolfrimate concentrate |
65% |
133,000-135,000 |
Jiangxi Province |
Scheelite concentrate |
65% |
132,000-134,000 |
Hunan Province |
Wolfrimate concentrate |
55% |
129,000-131,000 |
Jiangxi Province |
Scheelite concentrate |
55% |
128,000-130,000 |
Hunan Province |
APT |
88.50% |
188,000-192,000 |
ChongYi county, JiangXi province |
Ferrotungsten |
W70 |
185,000-188,000 |
Hunan Province |
Tungsten carbide powder |
2-10um |
288,000-292,000 |
Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province |
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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