Dongsheng Yan led his team to provide more than 5,000 new lead tungstate crystals for the Large Hadron Collider and won the CMS Crystal Award of the European Nuclear Center. He struggled for science and put a "coat" on the missile.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Opening this week, the tungsten power and ammonium metatungstate(APT) prices in China showed signs of rebound as sellers had strong rised mentality despite of continued low trading volumes in the market. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: europium oxide price edges lower while terbium oxide and cerium oxide prices remain unchanged from the previous trading day. Poor terminal demand has led to an increase in sales pressure in the entire market. Some small and medium-sized traders have seen the phenomenon of seeking profit from the market, which has affected the confidence of large enterprises in the market.

Molybdneum market quotation in China: the latest prices of ferromolybdenum, molybdenum concentrate and molybdenum oxide rise slightly because the supply of spot resources is in the shortage affected by production cuts of mines and environmental protection inspection. Most traders are optimistic about the market outlook. 

Scientists have discovered that the oxygen gaps in single-layer tungsten diene (WSe2) enables it to be used as single-photon emitters (SPEs) in quantum optics (QO).

According to U.S. media reports, the ammunition of the tank killer A-10 attacker, often called Warthog by the U.S. Army, has reached its life limit. In the future, tungsten carbide projectiles will be used to replace its original depleted uranium bombs. A-10's signature weapon is the 30mm GAU-8/A rotary machine gun with the nose. It is the most powerful of the existing machine guns in the United States. However, its use of depleted uranium shells has been controversial.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Tungsten prices in China started to show signs of rebound in the week began on Monday July 15, 2019. Although the negative atmosphere of demand and capital still affected market transactions, product prices appeared to reach the cost line. Under the expectation of raw material products cuts and increased demand of downstream, smelting factories and traders raised their willingness of higher offers. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest prices of neodymium oxide, praseodymium neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium metal decline slightly on quiet demand for raw materials and heavy wait-and-see atmosphere in the market. The light rare earth markets remain weak while medium and heavy rare earth markets also stabilize at the end of July. 

Opening this week, Chinese molybdenum prices remain firm as the supply of raw material keep tight, supporting transaction prices. Trading volumes in the molybdenum concentrate market increase due to heavy rains and environmental protection inspection affecting works in some mines, plus with active replenishment of downstream.  

Why should People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) use expensive tungsten core armor-piercing projectile in the speed of more than 10,000 rounds near anti-aircraft gun? The ability to fight is kingcraft!