At present, wearable flexible electronics are difficult to manufacture, but Stanford University researchers stated they have made breakthroughs, which use the molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂). Ultrathin flexible computer circuits have been an engineering goal for many years, but technically hindered the degree of miniaturization necessary to achieve high performance.

A team led by engineers from the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) has developed a catalyst that uses molybdenum to reduce perchlorate in water treatment, which can remove a dangerous chemical from water on Earth, that could also make Martian soil safer for agriculture and help produce oxygen for human Mars explorers.

Recently, the US government stated that it would investigate the rare earths neodymium magnets to assess whether rare earth imports from China would pose a security threat to the United States, thereby justifying imposing tariffs. Rare earth metals are named industrial vitamins, due to the demand for sorts of industries.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China tungsten price was in the upward trend in the week ended on Friday, July 09, 2021 with the impact of increased bid prices from listed enterprises for the first half of this month. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium metal prices increase slightly while neodymium oxide price remains unchanged on July 12, 2021. 

Molybdenum market quotation in China: molybdenum powder, ferro molybdenum and molybdenum bar prices remain stable in the week began on Monday, July 12, 2021 affected by tight supply and improved demand. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China’s domestic tungsten price continue to keep strong on July 8, 2021. On the one hand, market confidence is shored up by high cost and raised new guide prices; on the other hand, with the effective control of epidemic, downstream 3C consumption and manufacturing demand such as mechanical processing have a tendency to warm up recently. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China’s ammonium paratungstate (APT) and tungsten powder prices continue to remain strong in early July. Associations and state-owned companies increased the new round of guide prices as scheduled, which offers support for the long-term positive expectations for the macro economy in the market outlook. 

China’s domestic rare earth market as a whole shows a stabilization and recovery pattern on July 8, 2021. Affected by the imbalance between supply and demand, the market is slowly turning from a buyer's market to a seller's market. Therefore, the prices of most mainstream products have risen to varying degrees, but the transaction still needs to be improved.

Molybdenum market quotation in China: ferro molybdenum, molybdenum powder and oxide prices keep stable on July 8, 2021. Under many uncertainties in the market, both sellers and buyers take a watchful stance.