US tungsten carbide scrap prices fell to the lowest level in more than a decade amid a decline in ammonium paratungstate (APT) prices and historically large volumes of virgin and scrap tungsten carbide inventory.

Mensur Suljovic delighted his home crowd by producing a stirring comeback from 6-3 down to defeat Michael van Gerwen 8-7 and claim glory in the Austrian Darts Championship on a thrilling night in Vienna.

World number one Michael van Gerwen has been installed as the clear favourite to surge to victory at the World Grand Prix in October. The world’s finest players will descend upon Dublin to battle it out for glory and a share of the £450,000 prize money, which is up from £400,000 last year.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten bar and tungsten carbide powder prices in China are unchanged from the previous trading day on unknown new tungsten forecast prices from large companies and the auction of Fanya stocks. The whole market now is caught in heavy wait-and-see atmosphere. 

Great Atlantic Resources Corp (TSXV: GR) (FSE: PH01) has begun the 2019 tungsten exploration program at its 100 percent owned South Quarry Tungsten Property, located in east-central Newfoundland, Canada. The program is on the north-central region of the South Mine consisting of focused prospecting, rock geochemical sampling, surface magnetism and electromagnetic geophysical surveys, is being conducted in high priority target areas.

According to New Atlas reports, electrical engineers at Stanford University have developed a promising atomically-thin heat shield based on graphene stacked with MoS2, MoSe2 and WSe2, despite being 50,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper, it offers excellent thermal insulation.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ferro tungsten and ammonium paratungstate (APT) prices in China are unchanged from the previous trading day as the auction of Fanya APT stocks, new guide prices from large companies and institutions, and demand in the golden September and silver October remain unclear. The whole tungsten market now is caught in wait-and-see atmosphere at the beginning of September. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest prices of praseodymium oxide, cerium oxide and dysprosium oxide maintain stability in the midweek Wednesday September 4, 2019 considering the quiet market. 

The Chinese molybdenum prices remain stable as sellers' mentality is different and most of industries are focusing on the new round of steel tenders. For the molybdenum concentrate market, transactions are hardly concluded.  Downstream buyers' product profits are squeezed by costs, so they resistant to high prices. 

An international research team led by the University of Tokyo has discovered a new material - tungsten disulfide, when rolled into a nanotube, generates an electric current if exposed to light. If magnified and scaled up, scientists say that this technology could be used in future high-efficiency solar equipment, reported from Polaris Solar Photovoltaic Network.