Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Chinese ferro tungsten and tungsten powder prices continue to stabilize in the middle of March and participants have different views towards the market. some raw material sellers still have strong rised mentality while other consider profit-taking. For downstream buyers, they are mainly cautious. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: neodymium oxide, dysprosium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide prices continue to maintain stability on March 17, 2021 due to low buying appetite.

Molybdenum market quotation in China: molybdenum powder, molybdenum oxide and ferro molybdenum prices are unchanged from the previous trading day on March 17, 2021 when the market shows a deadlocked situation. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ammonium metatungstate (APT) and tungsten powder prices in China continued to maintain stability on Monday March 15, 2021 when most participants considered profit-taking. But the good expect for the recovery in economy gives momentum to the market. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China tungsten price started to decline in the week ended on Friday March 12, 2021 after hitting early two-year highs in February amid tight supply of raw materials and a pick-up in end-user demand. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: terbium oxide, lanthanum oxide and europium oxide prices keep stable on March 15, 2021. Affected by current high level of raw material prices, end-users are cautious to place their orders now, and thus new increased orders are limited. In order to increase trading activity, offers for some products were declined. Even though, insiders remain optimistic for the outlook. 

Neo Performance Materials (Neo) and Energy Fuels Inc. (Energy Fuels) have launched a new rare earth production initiative spanning European and the US critical material supply chains. The plan will use natural monazite sands, a by-product of heavy mineral sands in the southeastern United States, to produce value-added products.

China molybdenum price remains weak adjustment in the week began on Monday March 15, 2021 when the market is in a stalemate. Sellers are reluctant to sell at low prices while buyers try to look for low-price resources. The whole market trading is limited.

Researchers from Tongji University and Fudan University have designed a new structure of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), namely the covalently assembled superstructure between MoS₂ layers, which effectively alleviates the shortcomings of dimensional materials in battery applications. It acts as a linkage for lithium/sodium‐ion batteries.

It is reported that researchers from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have designed a low-dimensional metallic MoS₂ composite membrane, which can achieve high-efficiency osmotic energy conversion due to its high ionic conductivity and excellent mechanical properties. The salt disparity energy can be better converted into electrical energy.