Activity in the ammonium paratungstate (APT) market picked up slightly last week ahead of the International Tungsten Industry Association (ITIA) conference that takes this week in Chengdu, China.
Fob China APT prices recoverPrices for tungsten concentrate rebound Prices for European APT unchanged; ferro-tungsten prices edge down Metal Bulletin's latest price assessment for fob China min 88.5% WO3 APT edged up to $280-286 per metric tonne unit (mtu) on Wednesday September 19, up $1 per tonne on the high end of the range compared with the prior week."Domestic APT prices are climbing, underpinned by the recovery of the tungsten concentrate market - a raw material of APT. We raised our offers to $283-285 [per mtu], up by around $2 from the previous...