Zirconium Market Report July 2013

Zircon sand market remains stable in July on the whole with the mainstream price of USD1,300-1,350/t CIF for Australian zircon sand 66%min.Asian Metal Copyright More and more downstream consumers start to seek lower grade zircon sand to substitute premium zircon sand for lowering production cost in view of current slow market.Asian Metal Copyright However, the market becomes more quite with few deals concluded, and participants think that the market might drop further if zircon sand price cannot rise.Asian Metal CopyrightZircon sand market remains stable in July on the whole with the mainstream price of USD1,300-1,350t CIF for Australian zircon sand 66%min.Asian Metal Copyright More and more downstream consumers start to seek lower grade zircon sand to substitute premium zircon sand for lowering production cost in view of current slow market.

Following the stable zircon sand market, zirconium silicate market doesn’t show much fluctuation with the mainstream price of RMB10,000-10,500/t for zirconium silicate 64.5%min.Asian Metal Copyright More and more downstream consumers start to seek lower grade zircon sand to substitute premium zircon sand for lowering production cost in view of current slow market.Asian Metal Copyright And similar with zircon sand market, some zirconium silicate consumers decrease the demand on zirconium silicate grade and purchase lower grade zirconium silicate for increasing their competition facing such sluggish market. Now the price is RMB9,000-9,300/t VAT excluded for zirconium silicate 61-63% in the market.

Zirconium oxychloride market drops in July from the mainstream price of RMB9,500-10,000/t to RMB9,300-9,800/t for zirconium oxychloride 36%min and even the rumor said that some producers sell at as low as RMB9,000/t for the material in the market.
.Asian Metal Copyright However, the market becomes more quite with few deals concluded, and participants think that the market might drop further if zircon sand price cannot riseAsian Metal Copyright