Bismuth Market Report April 2016

During April, the Chinese bismuth ingot market fluctuated significantly with prices as a whole showing a downward trend before picking up.Asian Metal Copyright However, most consumers came from traders and end users only made sporadic purchases.Asian Metal Copyright In the first half of March, Chinese bismuth producers held back for sales in view of the surging international prices, which pushed up the domestic price.Asian Metal Copyright In the second half of the month, bismuth producers started to sell by competing offers due to sales pressure based on continuously sluggish downstream demand and the price for bismuth ingot started moving down.Asian Metal Copyright However, most consumers came from traders and end users only made sporadic purchases.Asian Metal Copyright In view of the weak economy in China, market participants showed limited confidence in the future market, believing that the price for the material will still move on the downward trend in May.Asian Metal Copyright In the second half of the month, bismuth producers started to sell by competing offers due to sales pressure based on continuously sluggish downstream demand and the price for bismuth ingot started moving down.Asian Metal Copyright In the second half of the month, bismuth producers started to sell by competing offers due to sales pressure based on continuously sluggish downstream demand and the price for bismuth ingot started moving down.Asian Metal Copyright In view of the weak economy in China, market participants showed limited confidence in the future market, believing that the price for the material will still move on the downward trend in May.

.Asian Metal Copyright However, most consumers came from traders and end users only made sporadic purchasesAsian Metal Copyright