Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China’s domestic tungsten price edged higher in the week ended on Friday, April 02, 2021 after a period of stabilization. Export prices for ammonium paratungstate (APT) remained relatively stable given that sellers felt it was not easy to source cheap material from the domestic market.

Rare earth market quotation in China: terbium oxide price edges lower while neodymium oxide and cerium oxide prices remain stable in the first trading day after the holiday of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Molybdenum market quotation in China: molybdenum oxide, molybdenum concentrate and ammonium molybdate prices are unchanged in the first trading day after the holiday of Tomb-Sweeping Day. 

Recently, the Department of Natural Resources of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region issued a notice on the release of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's 2021 total rare earth mine and tungsten mining total control indicators (the 1st batch), allocating all the rare earth indicators issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Natural Resources to Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd, and assigning the tungsten mine indicators to 11 companies, the text of the notice is as follows:

The new molybdenum sulfur (Mo-S) micro-nano crystals formed by molybdenum salt and cysteine in plant cells ensure the plants growth on saline soils. Solonchak is a kind of soil with high soluble salts, which affects the growth of surface crops, threatens food security, and aggravates the degradation of the ecological environment. The research team of Professor Xiangang Hu of Nankai University proposed a research strategy of low-cost, low environmental risk, and high environmental value to replace traditional nano-materials, solving the problem of harsh growth of plants on solonchak.

Canada rare earth developer Vital Metals Ltd has completed an institutional placement of 43 million Australian dollars (approximately US$33.2 million) for its Nechalancho rare earth project in Canada, to provide funding for the construction, mining and operation of the country.

Since the introduction of the rare earth glazed antibacterial ceramics of Baotou Zhongke Ceramic Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Zhongke Ceramics’), it has been famous due to its unique antibacterial properties. The antibacterial ceramics won the gold medal in the 2019 Inner Mongolia Tourism Commodity. Till now, the annual output of Baotou's production demonstration line has reached 100,000 sets. The sales have increased year by year since 2018.

Scientists use sulfur vacancy-rich few-layered molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) to achieve low-temperature and high-efficiency carbon dioxide (CO₂) catalytic hydrogenation to methanol. The greenhouse gas - CO₂ is the final product of various chemical reactions. Excessive emissions have exacerbated the increase in global average temperature and brought tremendous pressure on the ecological environment. How to convert and utilize CO₂ and turn it from waste into treasure is a research hotspot and difficulty in the field of energy and chemical industry.

A National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) - supported project by Physical Sciences, Inc. (PSI) has confirmed its capabilities to produce rare earth element concentrates (REE concentrates) using available coal ash resources from Appalachia, providing a potential domestic source and ways of local environmental remediation.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ammonium paratungstate (APT) and tungsten powder prices in the Chinese market climb in the first trading day in April boosted by environmental protection inspection and production cost. but the whole market trading is limited.