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--In China’s tungsten industry, raw material prices broke free of a sluggish overall market in late 2015 and shot up; can the momentum be maintained well into 2016?
--Although export tax was lifted back in May 2015, the Chinese tungsten export market didn’t recover as expected. In the face of persistently poor global demand, how might Chinese tungsten exporters expand the market and optimize the export structure?
--In recent years, to challenge the Chinese monopoly on tungsten materials, a batch of tungsten ore programs and tungsten product plants have been established outside of China and will be put into operation in 2016. Will this make much of a difference to the global tungsten market supply pattern?
--As the most important downstream sector, development and demand within the tungsten carbide industry will be key to the healthy and stable growth of tungsten globally in the long run. Amid such volatile raw material price movement, coupled with a lack of demand and fierce competition, what should tungsten carbide enterprises do to seek new pointers for profit growth? Which types of products are most likely to have a promising future?
--As a non-renewable resource, crude tungsten is on the decline, which makes the comprehensive utilisation and recycling of tungsten products the theme for future development. How can we effectively manufacture tungsten scraps into tungsten products? What are the advantages and disadvantages of products made from tungsten scraps in comparison with products made from crude tungsten? What is the current tungsten market like? What are its future prospects?