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- Spot tight support magnesium prices strong reboundAfter the Spring Festival, factory spot generally tight, coupled with the opening of the bull market in the base metals, strong fundamentals, magnesium prices rebounded strongly.By February 26, 99.9% magnesium ingot Fugu area factory quoted mainstream ex-factory cash price rose to 15,300 ~ 15,500 yuan/ton, Wenxi area 15,600 ~ 15,700 yuan/ton, 800 yuan ~ 1000 yuan/ton higher than the previous Friday, so far, two weeks after the Spring Festival, magnesium price quickly increased by about 1300 yuan ~ 1500 yuan/ton.News March 12, 2021
- Cement, electrolytic aluminum industry will likely be priority into the national carbon trading marketReporters learned from the relevant channels that the cement and electrolytic aluminum industries with good carbon emission data basis may be prioritized into the national carbon trading market.In addition to electricity, the remaining seven industries, including petrochemical, chemical, building materials, steel, non-ferrous metals, papermaking and aviation, will be gradually included in the national carbon market under the keynote of "smooth docking and smooth transition".Industries not yet included in the national market will continue to trade in pilot markets.Therefore, in the coming period, the pilot market and the national market will be parallel.News March 17, 2021
- The cutthroat competition has resulted in Chinese rare earths selling at "dirt" pricesAt 10:00 a.m. on March 1, 2021, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, at which Xiao Yaqing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, answered questions from the media on the draft of the Regulations on the Administration of Rare Earth (Draft for Comment) drafted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations on the Administration"). In January, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released a draft regulation on rare earth management.Xiao Yaqing, minister of industry and information technology, said at the press conference that rare earths are strategic resources.The promulgation of this regulation is mainly based on the strategy and market demand for the long-term development of rare earths, as well as the problems existing in China's actual development.The purpose of this regulation is to let the market play a decisive role iNews March 09, 2021
- Chemical deposition treatment of magnesium materials and magnesium alloy workpiecesMagnesium alloy materials and artifacts of chemical deposition process is a complicated process, to improve their corrosion resistance and hardness, in this process, the first full surface pretreatment, and then zinc chemical deposition, and chemical deposition of nickel and phosphorus alloy, finally according to the use of other surface treatment, such as corrosion resistance of electroplating nickel, chromium, etc.The process is as follows: polishing → degreasing → pickling → surface activation → chemical zinc dipping → chemical deposition of nickel, phosphorus → electroplating of nickel or chromium.The specific operating conditions and solution formula are shown in the table.News March 08, 2021
- Analysis of China's rare earth industry chainElements collectively is 17 kinds of rare earth elements, specific for lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium, scandium and yttrium, they have excellent thermal, mechanical, electrical, optical and magnetic properties, and widely used in transportation, electronics, aerospace, military defense, and other fields.Next, let's briefly analyze China's rare earth industry chain in 2021.News March 16, 2021
- Gold prices have fallen on the strength of the futureWhether or not U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus bill is passed is now the biggest issue on gold investors' minds.The latest news is that the bill, which passed the US Senate by a vote of 50 to 49, also received support from a number of voices in the new administration.News March 15, 2021
- Shanghai zinc does not have the condition of deep fallAfter the Spring Festival, the non-ferrous plate has ushered in a surge, but after February 22, began to pull back. According to the closing price, compared with the varieties with a greater decline in the plate, such as tin and nickel, which fell 11.15% and 5.57%, the main price of Shanghai zinc only fell from 21,980 yuan/ton on February 22 to 21,340 yuan/ton on March 2, a decline of only 1.5%. Whether can zinc price fill drop to turn down?News March 11, 2021
- Vital Metals has signed a contract to mine rare earths in CanadaVital Metals has announced that it has signed a definitive mining agreement with local company Det 'on Cho Nahanni Construction to begin work on the North T section of the Nechalacho project in Canada's Northwest Territories. North T, the first deposit to be mined under the Nechalacho project, made significant progress in the production of rare earth oxides in 2021 and Nahanni Construction will be mobilized to the site by the end of March, the company said.News March 10, 2021
- The usage of Antimony lead ingotsThe usage of Antimony lead ingotsLead and antimony are chemical elements that are used for many different applications. Antimony can be used as an alloying metal to increase the hardness and mechanical strength of otherwise soft and malleable lead. This creates a lead antimony alloy, the propertiesNews February 08, 2021
- Low inventories support copper prices, but not pricesCopper prices started to rally sharply in mid-November, buoyed by optimistic expectations of a global economic recovery amid ample liquidity and supported by low inventories.As copper prices rise faster, recently into a high adjustment.Looking ahead to the future, the overall macro environment is waNews January 04, 2021