Rare earth market quotation in China: the praseodymium oxide, neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide prices continue to be in the downward trend in the last trading day in August 31, 2020 affected by low trading activity of market participants. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ammonium metatungstate (APT) and cesium tungsten bronze prices in the Chinese market maintained stability in the week ended on Friday August 28, 2020 due to low trading activity and wait-and-see atmosphere in the market. 

For separating rhenium and molybdenum, the Hubei Provincial Geological Experiment and Testing Center has developed an excellent enrichment material. The "Three Rare" resources research won the national patent again. The related results have been named "a chitosan ion Gel and its preparation method and application".

Coreshell Technologies, a California battery start-up company, raised US$4 million to develop a new nano-coating that can be used to extend the life of lithium batteries. The company founded in 2017 is currently working to improve what’s described as “electrode surface instability” on the electrode surfaces in a lithium-ion battery, which is directly responsible for the loss of energy during cycling. In addition to causing a loss in performance, battery degradation ultimately leads to higher costs.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ferro tungsten and tungsten powder prices in China remain firm on the emergence of higher offers due to strength in the domestic market and an appreciation of the yuan against the US dollar. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: praseodymium oxide, neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide prices continued to decline in the week began on Monday August 17, 2020. Most traders keep rational offers with low deals concluded. 

China molybdenum price maintained stability in the week ended on Friday August 28, 2020 due to weak supply and demand sides. Upstream merchants have a strong psychology to make profits, while downstream users are relatively less motivated to enter the market for inquiries and purchases, so the enthusiasm for on-site transactions is not high.

July is the hottest time in a year. However, this year, it was the darkest time for China's tungsten exports.

Molybdenum production will increase by 80% and copper production in Russia will increase by 15-20% with the launch of the Baimsky mine and processing plant in Chukotka, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting on the construction of the mine. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency.

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany and Jilin University in Changchun, China have investigated a highly promising anode material for future high-performance lithium batteries: lithium lanthanum titanate with a perovskite crystal structure (LLTO). As the team reported in the journal Nature Communications, LLTO can increase the energy density, power density, charging rate, safety, and cycle life of batteries without requiring a decrease of the particle size from microscale to nanoscale.