In 1872 Russian Alexander Lodygin used tungsten as the metal filament in an incandescent light bulb. In her biography of milliner Lyndsey Kennett, Hilary E. Hunt describes some of the Kennett family history. Lyndsey Kennett's father, Thomas, was one of three brothers who in 1928 took the lease on a sheep farm in the Rees Valley near Glenorchy.

Rare earth market quotation: rare earth manufacturers are paying close attention to the news of purchasing and storage from State Reserves Bureau and most upstream sellers are not willing to sell their products at low prices. On the whole, affected by the weak demand, most traders choose to wait and see, rare earth price is in a stalemate and trading volume is less.

Molybdenum market quotation: the latest price of molybdenum concentrate, molybdenum oxide and sodium molybdate was unchanged from the previous day as the domestic molybdenum market maintained stability last week. 

According to the report on August 16, the 44th World Skills Competition entitled "Skill Olympics" will be held in Abu Dhabi from October 15-18, 2017.

Analysis of latest tungsten market in China from Chinatungsten Online: Domestic tungsten market starts to become active from the middle of November. With the decreasing of cheap resources, enquiry from downstream enterprises increases and manufacturers are reluctant to sell for higher prices. The price of raw materials is now the focus of the market.

Rare earth market quotation: rare earth price continues to remain weak adjustment due to quiet rare earth market and deadlocked mentality both in sellers and buyers. In the first half of this year, rare earth market showed good momentum owing to stricter environmental protection. 

Molybdenum market quotation: The latest price of molybdenum concentrate, molybdenum oxide increases slightly, and sodium molybdate price remains unchanged. A new round of steel biddings starts again and purchased prices mainly concentrate on RMB 93,000-95,000/tonne. Market trading becomes active, and supported by tight raw material supply, the price rise slightly.

Shares of China Tungsten and Hightech Mtrls Co Ltd (SHE:000657) last traded at 12.91, representing a move of 0.23%, or 0.03 per share, on volume of 572,900 shares. After opening the trading day at 12.98, shares of China Tungsten and Hightech Mtrls Co Ltd traded in a close range. China Tungsten and Hightech Mtrls Co Ltd currently has a total float of shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 10.93 and high of 17.34.

Tungsten Mining has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China’s Xiamen Tungsten Company (XTC) over the Mt Mulgine project, in Western Australia.

Analysis of latest tungsten market in China from Chinatungsten Online: Affected by the environmental protection policy, raw materials are in short supply and production costs are rising, and then tungsten manufacturers wait the time for rising product prices. But with the limitation of purchasing capacity in the downstream market, the market has very little enthusiasm in buying and selling goods.