Chinese rare earth prices still maintain a slight adjustment in the first trading day in the week began on March 9, 2020 as market deals are hardly concluded due to cautious sentiment of market participants. 

Molybdenum market quotation in China: the latest of molybdenum concentrate, ammonium molybdate and ferro molybdenum prices are in the downward trend due to increased supply of raw materials but continued weak demand. 

Tungsten and tin mining industry in Tanzania are expected to grow fleetly, according to foreign media reports, Tanzanian Prime Minister Majaliwa attended the 2020 Tanzania Minerals and Mining Investment Conference closing ceremony and said that the country has now met the need for selling 3T minerals (tin, tantalum, and tungsten). Therefore, the country's mining sector is expected to achieve long term development.

The signing ceremony of the Corehelm nano-rare earth electric heating material project was held in Huizhou Industrial Transfer Park, at Longmen on Marth 4. It will introduce a total investment of RMB 4.1 billion, according to the report.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Chinese ammonium paratungstate(APT) and cesium tungsten bronze prices maintain stability on deadlocked supply and demand in the market. With more and more companies coming back to work, the supply of spot goods increases, but due to high production costs and limited inventories, most sellers still are reluctant to sell at low prices. 

Energy-saving rare earth electrolytic cell in China have achieved breakthroughs recently. The reporter came to the workshop of a new material production enterprise in Baotou Rare Earth High-Tech Industrial Development Zone and was attracted by an electrolytic bath that is 2.2 meters long, 1.8 meters wide, and 1 meter high. According to the company personnel, this is the Wan'an electrolytic cell, a bulky killer in the world's largest praseodymium-neodymium production base.

Recent study unveils that fluorine-incorporated electrolytes can evenly form a protective film on the positive and negative electrodes of Li metal batteries, prolonging the lifespan and output of the entire battery. According to report, a joint research team led by Professor Nam-Soon Choi and Sang Kyu Kwak of the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea has developed the ion-concentration electrolyte using a fluorine atom-containing solvent liquid to enhance cycling stability of batteries.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten powder and cesium tungsten bronze prices in China continue to maintain stability as the logistic constrains and cautious sentiment of traders lower trading activity. Raw material sellers are reluctant to sell with watchful stance while the demand side still remain low interest in stocking. 

With China Molybdenum Co winning the auction for ammonium paratungstate (APT) held in inventory on the collapsed Fanya Metal Exchange, market participants anticipate this is a positive sign for the tungsten market with China Molybdenum unlikely to offload the material anytime soon if it wants to make a profit.

Transition Metals acquired a 100% interest in the Fostung property located near the town of Espanola, Ontario. The property hosts a historic tungsten trioxide (WO3) skarn resource that in 2007 was stated to contain an inferred mineral resource of 12.4 million tonnes grading 0.213 wt. % WO3.