Rare earth market quotation in China: domestic rare earth price shows signs of recovery earlier in this week. The policy side that a major clean-up would be coming soon strengths traders’ good expectations for the tight supply in the raw material market and prices of praseodymium and neodymium related products rise slightly. The current market demand remains thin. The market waits for new round of listing prices of large enterprises. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from ChinaTungsten Online

China tungsten prices continued to remain weak adjustment on the first trading day of November owing to deadlocked weak demand and tight supply, and low trading in the market. Traders now highly focus on new tungsten guide prices from Ganzhou Tungsten Association and large enterprises. 

Opening this week, prices of sodium molybdate, ferro molybdenum and molybdenum bar is unchanged from last week with the cooler steel biddings and cautious mentality of downstream factories. Most traders seem willing to consider profit-taking at the beginning of November, but affected by the environmental protection, the supply of spot goods remains tight and purchases are difficult in forcing prices down. 

Chinese rare earth prices declined slightly in the week to Friday November 2. Praseodymium oxide price dropped from RMB405,000.00 per ton to RMB402,000.00 per ton; terbium oxide price remained unchanged at RMB 2,920.00 per kilogram while praseodymium neodymium oxide rose slightly to RMB317,000.00 per ton from RMB316,000.00 per ton. Under the deadlocked supply and demand, and stricter environmental protection, the market would be caught in wait-and-see atmosphere.