European antimony market with no improvement

As antimony consumers are buying minimum amount to keep inventories low, the market in Europe is getting quiet, and participants told Asian Metal that there is almost no activity but the Chinese suppliers are not lowering the HUA8SJA07F5FE7099XR595563D6NH8NN8J984509G3J7Y16NWFA3T29IDBCI8674T4F5T6JLTDDX9O08I1W8G96TY66Z8UXH3HE00DB846CB4351O944V18FCFQ643E1UCB640L4P2OKQ717781G7YZ9VYD785U4JDBRIUTL41S1VYI7HCCO16CH30533VAGJRM3W520 prices.
A German trader received offers from three Chinese suppliers this week and according to him, the offers gave him the contradictory direction of the antimony market.
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The third offer is one container that left China in the end of October and already one-third way to Rotterdam. The material has a mixture of impurity and 99.8%min antimony content with unknown tin content. The source thinks the offer at USD5,510/t CIF Rotterdam is reasonable, and he is looking for consumers who might be interested.
K66073PP0JUWW6HCRU93EH568DMAS2FMIXX78NN90896DO8UE9T9408YFMM297M5YYT3WX8F20338VKLL92P8ET29S8O77WVK95CCVXPYKEHJ6FH60V449MVD171456KA2LFSNW430TR835Q2N68R529F0MIH10PA9T9A2A96EG7O05S26006K3W3O33LB3P6MT521PI The trader holds that the market right now is on the edge that it could start to drop soon as the market is weak and the major consumers are covered for the rest of the year. He is waiting to restock when the price drops to USD5,400-5,450/t CIF Rotterdam. He said: "I need to restock and position myself for January."
A Belgium trader also received offers from Chinese suppliers in the range of USD5,550/t CIF Rotterdam and USD5,600-5,700/t in warehouse Rotterdam. "Demand is not in the market now," the source had not concluded any antimony deal in the last ten days.