On February 4, 2025, China's Ministry of Commerce, jointly with the General Administration of Customs, issued an announcement on the implementation of export controls on tungsten and related items, including tungsten carbide (not controlled under item 1C226). Why does China implement export controls on tungsten carbide?

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Tungsten prices are at a standstill. After the Lantern Festival, the market resumption rate increased, but overall trading activities remained at an impasse. The bearish sentiment in market demand has not shifted yet, restraining traders' sentiment and spot market transactions.

Molybdenum market update on February 13, 2025

The domestic molybdenum market has remained relatively stable overall, with no significant changes observed. The interplay of both positive and negative factors has led to intense price negotiations between buyers and sellers, resulting in a strong wait-and-see sentiment in the market and limited actual transaction volumes.

According to China Tungsten Online, the Nayakkarpatti tungsten block in Tamil Nadu has recently garnered significant attention due to its overlap with the Arittapatti biopersity heritage site, sparking debates over ecological and cultural preservation.

Recently, a research team from the School of Science, Department of Frontier Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology has made an important breakthrough in the field of anode electrocatalysis for hydrogen production by proton membrane water electrolysis, successfully solving the technical problem of the activity-stability trade-off of iridium nickel oxygen electrocatalysts. This scientific research result has injected strong impetus into the development of our country's clean energy technology. In this breakthrough, tungsten played a key role, opening up a new technical path for the future development of the green hydrogen industry.

Molybdenum market update on February 12, 2025

The domestic molybdenum market has shown a generally stable but slightly weak trend, primarily reflected in the strong wait-and-see sentiment among traders and a slight decline in the prices of some molybdenum products.

Amid increasing tensions in the international economic and geopolitical landscape, the strategic significance of resources, especially rare metals and their compounds, has become increasingly prominent, often serving as key bargaining chips in international relations.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Tungsten prices have generally remained stable, with the spot trading atmosphere at a standstill under pressure. This is mainly due to the slightly stronger expectation of market supply growth compared to demand recovery after the Spring Festival, coupled with slight adjustments in the long-term contract prices by tungsten enterprises. Market sentiment has cooled, resulting in increased bargaining space for products.

On February 4, 2025, China's Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs jointly issued an announcement on implementing export controls on tungsten and related items. APT, as one of 25 rare metal products and technologies, was included in the scope of export controls. This measure has attracted widespread international attention. So, why is China implementing export controls on ammonium paratungstate?

The metal-insulator transition (MIT) property of vanadium dioxide (VO₂) makes it a crucial functional layer for numerous optoelectronic devices. However, its growth temperature requirement (450°C) and MIT temperature requirement (60°C) limit its compatibility in optoelectronic devices, especially in flexible substrate applications.