China most rare earth prices firm, cerium, neodymium down

China’s price ranges for cerium oxide along with neodymium oxide fell this specific week from yesterday, despite tough settings over mining task.

Prices for nearly all rare earths always been steady in Tiongkok, the world’s principal producer and exporter.

Li Zhong, vice-general boss of top company Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Possessing, said this week that this country’s role because dominant global supplier of exceptional earths would gradually visit an end because industry focused more for the domestic market.

Rare earths are a gaggle of 17 metals used in an array of new technologies from a mix of both cars and wind generators to catalytic converters, everlasting magnets and battery pack cells.

Following is a table of major rare earth prices in China as of Sept 16.

 PRODUCT           GRADE         UNIT   PRICE (THIS WEEK)  VS  PRICE (LAST WEEK)
 Rare Earth        REO 42-45%    Tonne  70000-80000            70000-80000
 Carbonate
 Lanthanum Oxide   La2O3/TREO    Tonne  135000-145000          135000-145000
                   99.0-99.9%
 Cerium Oxide      CeO2/TREO     Tonne  130000-160000          150000-160000
                   99.0-99.5%
 Neodymium Oxide   Nd2O3/TREO    Tonne  1050000-1100000        1130000-1180000
                   99.0-99.9%
 Praseodymium      Pr6O11/TREO   Tonne  830000-880000          830000-880000
 Oxide             99.0-99.5%
 Terbium Oxide     99.9-99.99%   Kg     14000-15000            14000-15000
 Dysprosium oxide  99.5-99.9%    Kg     9000-9500              10000-11000
 Europium Oxide    99.9-99.99%   Kg     15000-18000            16000-18000
 Yttrium           99.99-99.999  Tonne  350000-380000          350000-380000
                   %
 Pr-Nd Oxide       (Nd2O3+Pr6O1  Tonne  850000-950000          850000-900000
                   1)/TREO 75.0
                   %
 Samarium Oxide    ?99.5%        Tonne  80000-120000           80000-120000
 Lanthanum Metal   La/TREM?99.0  Tonne  180000-200000          180000-200000
                   %
 Praseodymium      Pr/TREM       Tonne  1200000-1250000        1200000-1250000
                   96.0-99.0%
 Neodymium         Nd/TREM       Tonne  1350000-1400000        1400000-1450000
                   99.0-99.9%
 Cerium            Ce/TREM?99.0  Tonne  300000-320000          300000-320000
                   %
 Terbium            99.9%        Kg     20000-22000            20000-22000
 Dysprosium         99%          Kg     13000-14000            13000-14000
 Pr-Nd alloy       Pr?20-25%     Tonne  1150000-1200000        1150000-1200000
 Pr-Nd-Dy alloy    ?99%          Tonne  1100000-1150000        1100000-1150000
 Yttrium Metal     Y/TREM        Kg     550-560                500-560
                   99.9-99.95%
 Battery-grade     TREM 99.0%    Tonne  420000-460000          420000-460000
 mixed rare earth  Nd/TREM 15%
 metal
 La-Ce Metal       Ce/TREM 65.0  Tonne  170000-180000          170000-180000
                   % TREM 98.5%
 Ferro-dysprosium   99.5%        Tonne  10800000-11300000      10800000-11300000
 Alloy

Note: lanthanum (La), dysprosium (Dy),cerium (Ce),neodymium
(Nd),praseodymium (Pr),terbium (Tb),europium (Eu),ytterbium (Yb),samarium (Sm)
Source: Shanghai Non Ferrous Trade Association, www.smm.cn
($1=6.3832 yuan)