Rare earth market quotation in China: prices of terbium oxide and DyFe decline slightly while praseodymium and neodymium metal price maintains stability when the market is in a stalemate. In a situation where the global economic development has slowed down slightly, the demand side is weak and operators hold a wait-and-see mood. 

The latest of molybdenum powder, ammonium molybdate and molybdenum bar prices are unchanged in the last trading day in April, but the whole market shows signs of rise under various uncertainties. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Tungsten concentrate and ammonium paratungstate (APT) prices in China are expected to stabilize because market participants believe there is little room for price falls after witnessing steady declines in recent weeks.

Rare earth extraction technology achieves breakthrough by the Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology. According to the report, the team of Professor Mei Li aimed to control the three wastes of rare metal pollution at the source and improve the utilization rate of resources. Using a new cross-disciplinary approach and a set of new technologies for the efficient enrichment of rare minerals. The technology is currently in the pilot stage.

Through analyzing molybdenum, iron, uranium, vanadium, and other elements that are very sensitive to redox, researchers jointly conducted by Chinese scientists with the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researchers from the United States find the oxygen deficiency may be the cause of the largest mass marine extinction in 252 million years ago.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ferro tungsten and ammonium metatungstate(APT) prices continue to stabilize in late April as much of Europe, North America and elsewhere remains under lockdown with varying restrictions on businesses in order to halt the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the tungsten industry in China is returning to normality.

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest of neodymium oxide, dysprosium oxide and praseodymium oxide prices continue to maintain stability under the mixed factors. Upstream manufacturers keep firm offers while downstream buyers' demand needs to be followed. 

Molybdenum market quotation in China: the latest prices of ferro molybdenum, molybdenum bar and molybdenum oxide are unchanged from the previous trading day when the demand side is recovering.  

Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have developed an ultra-fast image sensor based on tungsten diselenide with a built-in neural network for image recognition. After training, this sensor can be used to recognize certain objects in nanoseconds, according to foreign media reports.

Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have used a skin cream as a stabilizing agent for aqueous Li-ion batteries to create a stable voltage for common usage recently. While improving battery stability, it also keeps costs and toxicity low.