Antimony trioxide price expected to rise

The price of antimony trioxide tended to stabilize early last week, and many producers and export suppliers plan to lift their offers this week.
A major producer in Yunan reported that inquiries have been increasing during the past one week, and they have concluded some deals at above RMB36,000/t (USD5,271/t) ex works, which is a little higher than the price in early December.
The source only sold a small quantity of antimony trioxide last month because the price was decreasing and most buyers preferred to watch the market at that time. "Buyers seem more active now," the source said, showing that they will adjust the price up according to the market situation.
A supplier from Hunan revealed to Asian Metal that they will raise their offer later. "More and more overseas buyers are busy inquiring, and we have already closed some contracts recently at prices around USD5,550/t FOB China," the source said.
The source did little business in late November and early December. "Buyers were expecting the price to decrease, and would like to wait for a while. However, they start to place their last orders before the Christmas holiday now," the source said.
The source expects the price of antimony trioxide will climb up with more deals concluded in the following ten days. "Since overseas buyers who have not purchased the material intend to replenish their stocks, the market might be a little active this week," the source said. Meanwhile, the source still believes that the supply of antimony ingot is tight which might push the price of antimony trioxide up. ...
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Manganese production decreases further due to power restriction in South China

BEIJING (Asian Metal) 9 Dec 09 - Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of PRC has already announced the goal of elimination of backward ferroalloy production capacity in 2009 with electrolytic manganese metal included. Guizhou is on the top of the list with an eliminate of 370.4 thousand tons of ferroalloy capacity, Hunan the second with 269 thousand tons, and Guangxi will have to eliminate 166 thousand tons on the third.
Till the moment, Guizhou already has carried out restriction of power supply to manganese smelters while Hunan and Guixi are believed to follow soon. After the hit by higher power tariff, the decreasing supply would also result in lower production of manganese metal. Though purchasing from the downstream stainless steel mills has been stable which may not help to push up manganese price, the tightening supply of electrolytic manganese metal may push the suppliers to increase their offers further in some areas. ...
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Origin: China
Quantity (MT): 40-100mt in regular
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Loading Port: Huangpu,port,China.
Specifications:
SB2O3: 99.5% min,PB: 0.1% max,AS: 0.06% max,FE: 0.06% max,CU: 0.06% max,SE: 0.005%max
Size: 0,5-0.9um
Packing: 25kg bags of 1MT each
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Manganese flake demand increases a bit

BEIJING (Asian Metal) 27 Nov 09 – Participants reported to Asian Metal that more inquiries from both domestic and foreign customers are reported and trading volume is larger than before. Meantime, domestic supply is sufficient and manganese price remains firm.
A Hunan-based manganese flake smelter, with an output of 4,500tpm, revealed that more inquiries from overseas consumers are received these days, but he does not make any deals this week with an offer of USD2,600/t FOB since last 300t deal concluded late last week at USD2,540/t FOB with a Japanese customer. "Demand from foreign markets increases a bit this month, and my export volume in November is 500t, but only 300t last month," said the source.
According to the source, manganese price is RMB13,700-13,800/t (USD2,006-2,020/t) ex works and profit of domestic market is higher than that of export deals. Providing the quantity and bids from overseas markets are not favorable, he would rather do domestic businesses. Meanwhile, most suppliers are unwilling to sell and believe the price will rise continuously, but supply is not tight.
Another Hunan-based manganese flake smelter, who has an output of 1,200 tons per month, disclosed to Asian Metal that she made some deals of more than 500t late last week at RMB13,600/t (USD1,991/t) ex works and now is fulfilling the orders with no inventories on hand. "Manganese price rebounds to RMB13,700-13,800/t (USD2,006-2,020/t) ex works for the moment, and more inquiries are received, but I have no materials on hand," shared the source.
According to source, most smelters don't have much stock on hand, but it is not difficult for consumers to replenish materials for the moment. She anticipates there is still a little room for manganese price to rise in the end of year. ...
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