Although businesses have returned to the market, but the rare earths market trading cold, many businesses hold stocks to watch, there are quotations or stable or rising, prices are still concentrated in praseodymium, neodymium, dysprosium, terbium, gadolinium and other products. Where a large price increase is mainly praseodymium, neodymium, dysprosium products.

Currently, according to a trader Ganzhou area now represents about 1.85 million dysprosium oxide may have a small amount of the transaction, and another 1.9 million yuan suppliers to disclose / ton price also can be traded, although the price is higher, but the business does not have to continue to disclose the amount of actual transactions , learned a few days after the holiday trade or business is no more than the actual trading volume is minimal. Also this week, praseodymium, neodymium mixed metal oxides and a single praseodymium, neodymium oxide offer varying amplitude increases, businesses bullish outlook, prices firm does not back down. Such as the current neodymium praseodymium oxide with ticket prices have been about 32 yuan / ton, the relative rise of 1-1.5 years ago yuan / ton.

Near the weekend, as of 14:00 today dilute the package price of europium oxide at 1882 yuan / kg, rose sharply relative to the day before, not the spot market price changes, there is still no market price, the market price stable and was up terbium oxide, limited demand. Lanthanum, cerium market changes little, the price adjustment is also more limited.

Also gadolinium products market, the current price was essentially flat with the year, some businesses offer up slightly, by less than $ 5,000 / ton. According to the supplier of Ganzhou gadolinium iron belt tickets now at about 10 yuan / ton, years ago, in early February when the price is at around 95,000, while the businessmen raised $ 1,000 gadolinium oxide / ton. Business before the holiday offer gadolinium iron present in the 100,000 prices were steady.


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London (Metal-Pages) reported consumption of rare earth in Europe are currently multi-see attitude towards the next price movements, market participants return to the market after watching the price will change how the Chinese New Year holiday.

The market for light rare earths and heavy rare earths market outlook trends are differences, this sentiment has been reflected in the market price. In addition, part of the European consumer business also complained that the euro fell against the dollar, making their costs increased by about 10%.

Coincides with the Chinese New Year holiday, Chinese exporters to stop the current business, the European part of the rare earth prices have also been some changes. Erbium is currently quoted at $ 49-50 Europe / kg.

Market participants are also discussed in the March to see prices trend. Before the Spring Festival holiday, offer Erbium at $ 40-42 / kg, some traders believe prices will recover in a few weeks this price, because now the Port of Rotterdam is still in stock. Another Chinese traders are also expected to return to the market, to start a new round of offer.

Another part of the market is that the market in the next period of time will remain strong, mainly because of the larger China's State Reserve purchasing and storage expectations. There is no offer Erbium Europe.

Last week the price of cerium oxide is relatively strong, from $ 3.00-3.50 before / kg up to the current US $ 3.20-3.60 / kg, the main part of European buyers reluctant sellers wait for higher prices. This week a small number of transactions in the $ 3.20 / kg. However, industry sources said there is still quoted at $ 3.00 / kg, and the Port of Rotterdam inventory is still large.

It is understood, February 26 quoted European 2N ceria unchanged, still $ 3.20-3.60 / kg.

Although the Chinese New Year holidays, as well as European exporters temporarily withdrawn from the market sellers try to push the market price, but the market has not yttria improved. Insiders pointed out that serious excess supply of yttrium oxide, and pointed out that as the development of LED lighting industry, led to weak demand for yttrium. LED lighting demand for rare earths is small.

European 2N samarium oxide prices currently remain at $ 7-7.5 / kg, while in November 2014, the price was down to $ 5 / kg.

Heavy rare earth market outlook is more optimistic, with the exception of yttrium market. Traders noted an increase in inquiries, a trader said that even small purchases because of the heavy rare earth downstream buyers bargain compared to the intensity of the light rare earths is low.

Currently, dysprosium prices in the $ 350-390 / kg in the interval fluctuations, purchasing and storage affected by China, prices or rise further. At the same time, the market price is not higher than $ 500 / kg level, NdFeB enterprises will not exhibit the transition fears.

Similar market dysprosium oxide, terbium wide fluctuations in price to $ 700-900 / kg. One trader said the week it received two weeks ago to $ 600 / kg purchase price of terbium oxide, the traders believe the market next few months will show strong. Another trader said they are negotiating yttrium oxide and europium transaction, the current trading price is still being finalized.


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According to US media reports said, chemist Keith Rivero Nice "Rare: To meet our demands on the Earth's most precious metals expanded competition in high-risk," a book introduces us to a technology called "promethium" element He wrote that this element "can be used to make a sustainable use of decades of atomic battery."

According to the United States, "Boston Globe," the website reported March 1, it would have been a great discovery, but only one small problem: Even if we searched every corner of the globe, the last probably find only a pound or so of promethium . In fact, promethium despite enormous energy, but is extremely rare, so we do not rely on it to form. However, samarium, gadolinium, lanthanum or other rare metals is not the case, they are almost inadvertently become indispensable to modern life things.

For "Rare", a book describing several metals rising demand is the product of the digital age. In fact, almost no kind of new technology does not rely on these elements. Your smartphone is tantalum capacitors do, headphones magnets containing neodymium, erbium fiber optic cable which has, on the LCD screen in vivid colors thanks to europium.

Veronique Nice wrote: "Our future depends on technology and lifestyle of these metals." This is no problem if these metals are not in a very small amount of scattered around the world, and often require complex, costly and time-consuming extraction process. Extraction of metals from a few grams to several tons of rock sometimes take months or even years.

There is no reliable way to measure how many rare left on Earth, but at least there is one thing certain: the maintained iPad, missile systems, and those elements will be exhausted one day the Xbox.

Veronique Nice by telephone at home in Alabama we chatted with political significance and we may seek rare metals which direction to go. The following are his words:

High for 17 kinds of rare earth metals plus several needs. You may have never heard of them, but are exposed every day. Computers, rechargeable batteries, hybrid vehicles, GPS systems, gaming devices, each technology you use almost all involve at least one of these elements.

Rare earth metals to promote technological progress. Without them does not mean we do not have the technology, but we can take a step back. I do not think will return to the fax machine for the era was very excited.

Reported that the world's rare earth reserves richest place is China's Bayan Obo mine. China accounted for 97% of the rare earth market share.

Rare earth metals in other places, too. Parts of central Africa to store a large amount of tantalum, but there's a conflict makes it difficult to exploit. Even mined, it is often used to finance the insurgency. Afghanistan could also have a priceless reservoir of rare earth metals. You just hope that the country will not fall into the same predicament.

On new sources concerned, someone comes to sucking or excavated from the seabed metals, which is worrying. 2013, the Greenland Home Rule Parliament vote to overturn the ban on uranium mining (in extracting metals often find uranium), so this is a promising prospect.

We are likely to go to the moon mining in their lifetime, but in addition to the practical difficulties, as well as greater political obstacles. Who owns the moon? From a political perspective, the asteroid will be easier. Universe, there are so many asteroids, probably no one will fight for them.

Of course, we must be careful. We have seen the movie "Armageddon", know what can happen when you start playing asteroids. But we do not have to worry about it. Before starting into space mining, we also need to make a number of technical progress.


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Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Land Resources, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Customs, Taxation, Business Administration, Administration of Work Safety eight departments jointly issued the "rare earths, request further investigation of illegal acts letter" require further investigation of the local RE illegal activities.

It is reported that the Ministry of eight departments and China Rare Earth Industry Association, composed of four inspection groups, respectively in Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Sichuan seven provinces (regions) of the country to combat rare illegal behavior on progress made checks. Inspection found that the relevant provinces (regions) of the alleged existence of the business acquisition, sale and comprehensive recovery in the name of the name of the production and processing of illegal use of rare earth minerals, unplanned, over plans to produce other illegal clues.

In recent years, the relevant departments attach great importance to the fight against illegal behavior of rare earth industry exist. Since August 2013, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Land Resources, Ministry of Environmental Protection and other seven ministries, launched a three-month strike of rare earth mining, production and circulation of illegal conduct special operations, and checking to supervise the handling of the issue. This action has dealt with this special 46 cases of illegal mining illegal, and ordered 126 illegal production companies suspend production for rectification, and revoked 16 rare corporate business license, involving a total of seized illegal rare earth materials and 19,000 tons of rare earth products.

However, after more than a year of action to combat illegal rare earths, a free in the regulation of "rare earth black industry chain" has been revealed. In order to avoid regulation and thorough investigation of the country, was shut down some preliminary rare earth companies have started to shift, and after assuming a "resurgence", continues the illegal production, and the staggering production.

In fact, these rare "black factory" capable illegal production, because RE has extensive overseas demand. Before profits, blinded by the "black factory" to laws and regulations, public safety, and life and death aside their desires expansion, stealing becomes no moderation.

And formal rare earth producers compared to those free in the regulatory "black factory" more competitive. On the one hand, these "black factory" can buy cheaper raw materials from some private mining digging mines and other channels. On the other hand, the production of rare earth smelting and not "mandatory production plan" of the constraints, but also save a lot of money into environmental protection equipment spending, even if the price is low, profits are considerable, while the sales is not a problem .

Now, eight departmental action against these violations can play a deterrent. But more importantly, the relevant departments should maintain a high pressure situation of illegal behavior. The focus on comprehensive utilization of resources under the guise of the name of illegal production of rare earth behavior management; establishment of regional linkage mechanism of light rare earths and heavy rare earth crack down on illegal production, in order to achieve the relevant departments and timely communication of information, co-ordination and harmonization of actions; by RE invoices, data sharing, and other means to improve the reporting system, to identify problems and implement investigation.


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