Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom is pursuing its goal of applying lithium battery technology in the Russian economy by positioning itself to join the greenfield project in Chile. This is a major symbol of Rosatom's involvement in lithium-manufactured test water batteries and is part of a strategic partnership between Russia and Chile, according to the Financial Times.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten prices in China remain weak adjustment early this week when the supply of raw materials increases but the demand side does not become active. In the short term, the whole market is expected to be caught in wait-and-see atmosphere with the support of raw material mining and smelting, environmental protection policy and so on. 

The latest prices of neodymium oxide, dysprosium oxide and praseodymium neodymium metal dropped slightly compared with the last trading day in the Chinese market because the imbalance between supply and demand on the market has become more serious. 

The latest prices of ammonium heptamolybdate, ammonium molybdate and molybdenum powder in the Chinese market edged lower due to continued weakness in the market. The molybdenum concentrate market was weak, but supported by high production costs, most sellers still stabilize their product offers. 

A large copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry system was discovered by Ecuador - Australian miner SolGold at its Cisne Loja project in southern Ecuador, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten prices in China remained weak adjustment in the week ended on Friday October 25, 2019 affected by the decline in new guide prices from listed tungsten companies early this week. the increased supply of raw materials but requiring lower prices of buyers made the market deadlocked. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest prices of neodymium oxide, praseodymium neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium metal are in the downward trend in late October due to continued weakness in the demand side and capital shortage of some traders. But affected by high production costs and environmental checks, mainstream manufacturers keep firm offers.

Molybdenum market quotation in China: the latest molybdenum concentrate and ferro molybdenum prices declined slightly while ammonium heptamolvbdate price remains unchanged from last week. The market now is still in a stalemate at the end of October with persistent weakness in the demand side. 

The seabed is rich in rare earths and countries are delving deeper into the ocean to explore its mineral wealth. Michael Lodge, secretary-general of the UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA), pointed on October 23 that China will be expected to become a pioneer country in deep-sea mining to explore the seabed resource by 2026 after the adoption of relevant international regulations for the exploitation of seabed deposits next year.

The first rare earth aluminum alloy cable industrialization demonstration base of China Society for the Promotion of Science and Technology Commercialization was established recently. The rare earth aluminum alloy cable is a “rare earth alloy formula” with independent intellectual property rights, which is incorporated into pure aluminum, synthesized by a special process to improve the electrical conductivity, bending performance, creep resistance and corrosion resistance of the cable, making it more stable with a longer life cycle.