Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

On Monday, tungsten prices continued to exhibit a trend of weak stability. The market supply and demand relationship remained at an impasse, and the complex export environment raised concerns about demand for some smelting and alloy products.

Molybdenum market update on March 3, 2025

At the start of the week, the domestic molybdenum market generally exhibited a notable downward trend.

On February 24, according to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, from 2021 to 2024, the bureau carried out mineral exploration work for strategic minerals such as tungsten, rare earths, aluminum, manganese, tin, antimony, zirconium, nickel, fluorite, and other minerals urgently needed by industries such as quartz sand and calcium carbonate, promoting Guangxi's special exploration to achieve significant results. By the end of 2024, a total of 14 large and medium-sized deposits of strategic minerals such as rare earths, bauxite, manganese ore, fluorite, and tin have been discovered.

At a time when the semiconductor industry is developing rapidly, every technological innovation serves as a powerful impetus for chip manufacturing. Recently, Lam Research, a giant in the field of semiconductor equipment, announced the official launch of the world's first molybdenum atomic layer deposition equipment ALTUS Halo. This news is analogous to a stone cast into a placid lake, generating ripples within the semiconductor industry. The equipment has been successfully used in the fields of logic semiconductors and 3D NAND, showing great application potential.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online 

The overall tungsten market in China showed a downward trend in February 2025.

1. Analysis of China's Molybdenum Price in February 2025

According to China Tungsten Online, the price trend of China's molybdenum products in February 2025 was relatively stable.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online 

Tungsten prices have remained weak, with a stalemate in market supply and demand dynamics. Sellers set prices with reference to the difficulty of replenishing tungsten ore and the long-term contract prices of large tungsten enterprises, while buyers, facing sluggish demand, generally inquire with price reductions.

Molybdenum market update on February 27, 2025

Domestic molybdenum prices generally show a pattern of being hard to rise or fall. Under the influence of many uncertain factors, traders basically maintain rigid transactions, resulting in low market activity and a small number of new orders. At present, industry insiders focus on the dynamics of the international molybdenum market and the volume and price performance of steel bidding.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online 

Tungsten prices have exhibited a weak trend, accompanied by negative market sentiment.

Molybdenum market update on February 26, 2025

The domestic molybdenum market as a whole presented a steadily weak operating trend. In the complex situation where bullish and bearish factors were intertwined, buyers and sellers engaged in fierce price-setting battles, and most of them adopted a cautious wait-and-see stance, resulting in sluggish order growth.