Antimony Market Report November 2012

Into November, the antimony market continued the slow movement in October and the price of antimony ingot 99.65%min went down by RMB500/t (USD80/t) in the first week to RMB68,000-70,500/t (USD10,932-11,334/t) ex works and then kept at that level for a week.Asian Metal Copyright5%min generally maintained at RMB62,000-64,000t USD9,968-10,289t ex works, but China started collecting antimony ingot, major antimony trioxide producers raised the price of antimony trioxide 99.Asian Metal Copyright When the news that China would collect antimony ingot spread around, the price of antimony ingot 99.65%min rebounded to RMB69,000-71,500/t (USD11,093-11,495/t) ex works.Asian Metal Copyright5%min to RMB64,000t USD10,289t ex works, but the price only kept at that level for a week, owing to a few deals in spot market, the price went down later.Asian Metal Copyright After the collection, the market did not see trading activity increase, the price of antimony ingot 99.65%min decreased to RMB67,500-70,000/t (USD10,852-11,254/t) ex works.

The price of antimony trioxide 99.5%min generally maintained at RMB62,000-64,000/t (USD9,968-10,289/t) ex works, but China started collecting antimony ingot, major antimony trioxide producers raised the price of antimony trioxide 99.5%min to RMB64,000/t (USD10,289/t) ex works, but the price only kept at that level for a week, owing to a few deals in spot market, the price went down later.

.Asian Metal Copyright65%min rebounded to RMB69,000-71,500t USD11,093-11,495t ex worksAsian Metal Copyright