China Minmetals Corporation, a Chinese metals and mineral trading company, has signed an agreement with the Chenzhou city government to pursue its plan to spend $659 million for a five year exploration of rare earth minerals like Tungsten, Tin, and Bismuth in Hunan province. According to Xinhua, Chenzhou which is located in southern Hunan and [...]
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European Ferro tungsten prices crept up for the week as buyers drew down inventories in Rotterdam. For a second week in a row, the Lunar New Year Holiday in China meant lack of supplies were coming out of the country.
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A strong growth in Chinese consumption, an unlikely substitute for the metal, and the high cost of getting new mines into operation will likely support tungsten prices over the next five years.
The past week has seen many new company developments when it comes to Tungsten. Vancouver-based Golden Predator Mines announced the intersection of near surface tungsten mineralization in drilling at its wholly-owned Springer tungsten project in Nevada.
Over the past four years the price of tungsten has surged from $4 per pound to over $14 per pound. The surge in the price of tungsten has been caused by the fact the China has a monopoly on the market.
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