Healthy demand from the consumer electronics sector and shipping delays kept the tantalum concentrate price at its highest level on Fastmarkets records on Friday May 14.
Fastmarkets assessed the price of tantalite, basis 25% min Ta2O5, cif China at $75-78 per lb on Friday, level week on week at its highest since Fastmarkets started assessments in May 2020 - when it stood at $65-66 per lb."Buyers in China would buy whatever quantity, but no country seems to be able to ship," a tantalum trader...