On October 21, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) has started construction of its first overseas battery manufacturing plant in Thuringia, Germany, intends to reach a production capacity of 14 GWh of lithium-ion cells and modules annually in 2022. According to the plan, the plant has a construction area of 23 hectares. The production line includes batteries and module products. After the project completed, it will become the largest lithium-ion cells in Germany, and it is also the largest production greenfield investment project invested by China in Germany.

LG Chem announced on October 21 that it has become the first South Korean battery manufacturer to join the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI). According to industry insiders, LG's move is to ensure the safety of tungsten and cobalt raw materials procurement for the development of the European power battery market.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ammonium paratungstate (APT) and tungsten powder prices are in the downward trend affected by the decline in new tungsten forecast prices for the second half of October. The market confidence is weak and insiders are uncertain about the market outlook. Therefore, the whole market remains cautious operations. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: terbium oxide, neodymium oxide and praseodymium oxide prices remained weak adjustment due to low trading activity and wait-and-see atmosphere. Under mixed situation, it is difficult to effectively improve the terminal demand, resulting in a small number of rare earth smelters offering a small amount of low-cost sources, but due to the impact of environmental protection inspection, some mainstream mines enterprises still have a strong price psychology.

Molybdenum market quotation in China: the latest prices of ferro molybdenum, molybdenum concentrate and molybdenum oxide continued to decline on quiet trading and cautious sentiment. Most upstream manufacturers kept firm prices but downstream market did not follow up. 

Researchers integrate the tungsten disilicide (WSe2) monolayer onto a silicon nitride (SiN) photonic chip to couple the quantum emitter to the waveguide. According to MEMS Consulting, researchers from the Imec research center, Ghent University and MIT announced that they have integrated single-photon emitters in 2D layered materials with a silicon nitride photonic chip. Even for moderate quantum yields, dielectric cavities could be designed such that the single-photon extraction into the guided mode can reach unity. The results published in Nature Communications, provide a crucial step in fundamental quantum photonics and 2D materials.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten prices in China were adjusted in the week began on Monday October 21, 2019 because the demand sides failed to meet market expectations, raw material sellers and speculators considered profit-taking. The whole transaction prices were in the downward trend. 

The high-hardness tungsten alloy was drilled on the ordinary drilling machine with a flat-bottom deep hole of 0.4 mm thinner than the embroidery needle. Xinting Zhang from a technical school graduate to a senior technician has been working 27 years to achieve the profession of "Country Craftsman". His operation precision is one-thousandth of a millimeter, which is equivalent to 1/60 of a hair.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The China tungsten prices were in the downward trend in the week ended on Friday October 18, 2019 owing to loosed control in production after the holiday, smelting factories' returning work but persistent weakness in the demand side. The advantages of tight supply are fading and insiders take a watchful stance. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest prices of terbium oxide,  dysprosium oxide and praseodymium neodymium metal declined slightly while cerium oxide price was unchanged from the previous trading day. Most rare earth prices in China were in the downward trend and traders mainly took a watchful stance.