Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest of lanthanum oxide, dysprosium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide prices are in the downward trend in early November. Although trading atmosphere becomes active, downstream demand does not follow up with limited new increased orders. 

ABB has inaugurated a lithium battery factory for energy storage systems used in railways, electric buses and electric trucks in the Swiss city of Baden. The new plant will assemble standardized battery modules from battery cells.

Molybdenum market quotation in China: the latest prices of sodium molybdate, ammonium molybdate and ammonium heptamolvbdate dropped slightly because market confidence was hard to boost as a result of imbalanced supply and demand. 

Highly nano-crystalline tungsten oxide mitigates lithium battery life decay, the nanoparticle is an N-type semiconductor material with a moderate band gap and is widely used in the field of energy storage due to its excellent electrical conductivity.