Chinese tungsten concentrate market still runs slowly this week, and as most consumers are cautious to rebuild stocks, the tungsten concentrate prices decrease. The offers for tungsten concentrate increased slightly in early this month, which were mainly pushed by the large-sized companies, while the customers were unwilling to accept the high level and the trading was thin in the spot market. Tungsten ore is oversupply and the price is hard to stay steady at present. Some tungsten traders have to undersell their goods under high pressure of fund. Moreover, the demand of end users are depressed, and the downstream enterprisers consume their high level stock in very slow way. Quotation of individual products falls into chaos, thereby increasing traders hold wait-and-see attitude and real transaction volume is low. Chinatungsten Online expects individual tungsten products price will reduce consistently, but not in a large range.

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Collected by Chinatungsten Online-Hazelwood Resources (ASX: HAZ) expects to start in February 2013 hot commissioning of its ATC Ferrotungsten Project in Vietnam.
First saleable product is expected in the March quarter of 2013.

The company has passed the necessary operating resolutions and is now using funds raised from the recent Entitlement Issue and Shortfall Offer, which is still in progress, to procure first fill inventory items.

These include tungsten concentrate for feedstock, ferrotungsten metal liner, ferrosilicon, coke, scrap iron and electrode paste.

Recruitment of production workers from the local catchment area has also commenced.

Ferrotungsten prices, which are a typical seasonal low, are still trading at levels around the long term average premium relative to tungsten concentrate.

This is projected to provide positive operating margins, even during the hot commissioning and ramp-up phase. 

Ferrotungsten from ATC will be sold under an Agency Agreement with Wogen Resources, who are also providing sales finance on each consignment. 

The ATC Ferrotungsten Project is the largest capacity plant outside of China and its design is believed to be the most advanced in the world. Ferrotungsten is used in the production of high speed steels, tool steels and temperature resistant alloys.

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Collected by Chinatungsten Online-Larson Jewelers is now carrying the latest designer Thorsten styles with diamond settings. With plenty of time left in the holiday shopping season, their timing could not have been better. This addition to their tungsten wedding bands line solidifies their reputation for having the most styles of alternative metal wedding bands and the best quality in the industry.

Collected by Chinatungsten Online-Blackheath Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BHR) is pleased to report results from the first two drill holes on the Covas Tungsten Project in northern Portugal. The Phase 1 drilling program is designed to confirm and test known skarn-related mineral zones and extensions as well as new targets at Covas. Five diamond drill holes have been completed so far on the Telheira zone. 

The mainstream scrap tungsten price maintains steady. The transaction price excluding tax of domestic blade is ￥171.00-￥174.00/kg; imported blade is ￥182-186/kg; scrap tungsten bit still concentrates on ￥187.00-￥191.00/kg scrap pure tungsten block is ￥208.00-￥213.00/kg.

The price of the content of scrap tungsten grinding material which is more than 70W is ￥1.70 per kilogram tungsten, 50W-70W is ￥1.60 per kilogram tungsten, 30W-40W is ￥1.40 per kilogram tungsten, 10-20W is ￥0.80 per kilogram tungsten while 8W-10W is ￥0.70 per kilogram tungsten.

With falling price of tungsten concentrate, tungsten miners are bit more willing to ship, however, low demand still leads to low transaction volume although the resource of scrap tungsten is short.

Scrap tungsten market, whose mainstream price is solid while some scrap tungsten with low grade exist zone of agreement. Scrap tungsten suppliers, which are affected by the downward of tungsten concentrate price, their attitude become more cautious and more willing to wait and see. Chinatungsten Online predicts scrap tungsten prices will keep steady generally but falling feebly.

In the international market, tungsten concentrate prices show its trend to move up constantly. By the night of 21^st, the guiding price of MB ferrotungsten in warehouse Rotterdam maintains $43.00-44.00 per kilogram tungsten, the highest level has increased $0.50; the quotation of ammonium paratungstate keeps $304.00-330.00/mtu.

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At the beginning of this week, the tungsten concentrate market is stable temporarily. Mainstream price of 65% Tungsten concentrate based on Ganzhou, Huan focus on ￥115,000.00-116,000.00/t, and the real transaction price may be higher to ￥118,000.00/t. As to lower price level, some traders are eager to throw goods that prices of ￥110,000.00-112,000.00/t exist as well while the condition is to deal by cash.

According to the analysis of Chinatungsten Online, with the coming of New Year, the contradiction between supply and demand in tungsten concentrate market exists. Some tungsten suppliers have to reduce their quotation since fund pressure, large amount of stock pressure and lower market demand pressure. However, the lowest price will not drop below ￥110,000.00.

A tungsten supplier in Dayu notes, ‘The sources of goods are various which is not benefit for solid of price. With the consideration of market risk, tungsten traders dare not to stock up goods.’

Generally, the supply and demand of tungsten concentrate market are not balance this year, in addition to drastically price rising recently, which both lead to high market stock. At the last week of 2012, the demand of end users cannot improve, thereby some tungsten suppliers have to ship in low price which restrict the whole quotation of market. Chinatungsten Online expects tungsten concentrate prices would reduce recently.

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Mott’s porous tungsten is stable at high temperatures with the highest melting point of all metals, the lowest coefficient of thermal expansion, and corrosion resistance under extreme conditions, the company claims.

Mott engineers porous metal components, sub-assemblies and finished products for applications in a wide variety of industries, including biotechnology, medical, chemical, petrochemical, instrumentation, food and beverage, semiconductor, and alternative energy. 

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Tungsten Mining (ASX: TGN) hit the ASX boards at 2pm EST yesterday and traded as high as $0.21, before closing at $0.205 - a 2.5% premium to the IPO price.

The Tungsten Mining prospectus offered 25 million shares at $0.20 to raise $5 million, with oversubscriptions allowed for another $3 million.

The mainstream scrap tungsten price maintains steady. The transaction price excluding tax of domestic blade is ￥171.00-￥174.00/kg; imported blade is ￥182-186/kg; scrap tungsten bit still concentrates on ￥187.00-￥191.00/kg scrap pure tungsten block is ￥208.00-￥213.00/kg.

The price of the content of scrap tungsten grinding material which is more than 70W is ￥1330.00/mtu, 50W-70W is ￥1270.00/mtu, 30W-40W is ￥1110.00/mtu. The prices above are steady. 10W-20W tungsten unit to ￥635.00/mtu while 8W-10W tungsten to ￥571.00/mtu.

With falling price of tungsten concentrate, tungsten miners are bit more willing to ship, however, low demand still leads to low transaction volume although the resource of scrap tungsten is short.  Scrap tungsten suppliers, which are affected by the downward of tungsten concentrate price, their attitude become more cautious and more willing to wait and see. Chinatungsten Online predicts scrap tungsten prices will keep steady generally but falling feebly.

In the international market, tungsten concentrate prices show its trend to move up constantly. By the night of 14th, the guiding price of MB ferrotungsten in warehouse Rotterdam maintains $43.00-44.00 per kilogram tungsten, the highest level has increased $0.50; the quotation of ammonium paratungstate keeps $304.00-330.00/mtu.

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With the coming of New Year, domestic tungsten concentrate shows its downward trend. Today, 65% tungsten concentrate based on Ganzhou mainstream quotation focus on ￥115,000.00-116,000.00/t, and the real transaction price may be lower to ￥113,000.00/t. According to tungsten suppliers, flow supply of goods in spot market is relatively sufficient which could restrict the spot price to some extent. However, facing dual-pressure of low demand and fund shortage, many tungsten suppliers have to quote in order to get cash.

A tungsten trader from Hunan said, “the supply of goods is adequate, especially in tungsten ore. We estimate the net profit of tungsten concentrate is ￥20,000.00-30,000.00, so decreasing tungsten concentrate prices is possible. But with the consideration of market risk, tungsten traders are not dare to stock up too much goods, thereby the transaction volume is still low”.

Chinatungsten analyzes, tungsten market goes down, and the small and medium-size enterprises, which under high pressure, have to ship with low prices to ease fund pressure. Chinatungsten Online expects the price will reduce to ￥115,000.00, even to ￥110,000.00, but the possibility to lower than ￥110,000.00 is small.

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