American tantalum metal market prices decrease
2023-04-28 10:25:26 [Print]
BEIJING (Asian Metal) 28 Apr 23 - As most downstream consumers remained inactive in sending inquiries, American tantalum metal suppliers lowered their prices in the past week. The current mainstream prices of American tantalum metal 99.95%min decreased to USD370-380/kg D/P, down by USD2/kg from early last week. As demand from most consumers remains weak, insiders predict that the mainstream prices would decrease further in the coming week.
"We quote USD375/kg D/P for tantalum metal 99.95%min and could accept USD373/kg for orders no less than 1t at the moment, while we could accept USD375/kg D/P for the same quantity when we quoted USD380/kg early last week," said a trader in the U.S., who received no inquiry this week, while they received one inquiry last week. They last sold about 1t to a regular client at around USD375/kg early last week. Discouraged by inactive inquiries from most consumers, the trader plans to lower their price by around USD2/kg next week and predicts that the mainstream price would decrease by around USD2/kg in the coming week.
With a regular monthly trading volume of 5t, the trader would sell around 5t in April, unchanged from last month. They sold nearly 53t in 2022 and almost 20t so far in 2023. They hold around 2t of stocks now, unchanged from early this month.
Another trader in the U.S. noted that they quoted USD380/kg D/P for tantalum metal 99.95%min and could accept USD375/kg for orders no less than 1t today, while they could accept USD377/kg for the same quantity when they offered USD380/kg early last week. "We last sold around 1t at around USD377/kg to a regular client early last week," said the trader, who received only one inquiry this week, while they received two inquiries in total last week. As most downstream consumers hold wait-and-see attitudes, the trader remains pessimistic about the market next week and predicts that the mainstream prices would decrease by about USD2/kg in the following week.
The trader, based on a regular monthly trading volume of 3t, expects to sell around 3t in April unchanged from last month. They sold nearly 35t in 2022 and almost 12t so far n 2023. They hold around 1t of stock now, unchanged from last month.
"We quote USD375/kg D/P for tantalum metal 99.95%min and could accept USD373/kg for orders no less than 1t at the moment, while we could accept USD375/kg D/P for the same quantity when we quoted USD380/kg early last week," said a trader in the U.S., who received no inquiry this week, while they received one inquiry last week. They last sold about 1t to a regular client at around USD375/kg early last week. Discouraged by inactive inquiries from most consumers, the trader plans to lower their price by around USD2/kg next week and predicts that the mainstream price would decrease by around USD2/kg in the coming week.
With a regular monthly trading volume of 5t, the trader would sell around 5t in April, unchanged from last month. They sold nearly 53t in 2022 and almost 20t so far in 2023. They hold around 2t of stocks now, unchanged from early this month.
Another trader in the U.S. noted that they quoted USD380/kg D/P for tantalum metal 99.95%min and could accept USD375/kg for orders no less than 1t today, while they could accept USD377/kg for the same quantity when they offered USD380/kg early last week. "We last sold around 1t at around USD377/kg to a regular client early last week," said the trader, who received only one inquiry this week, while they received two inquiries in total last week. As most downstream consumers hold wait-and-see attitudes, the trader remains pessimistic about the market next week and predicts that the mainstream prices would decrease by about USD2/kg in the following week.
The trader, based on a regular monthly trading volume of 3t, expects to sell around 3t in April unchanged from last month. They sold nearly 35t in 2022 and almost 12t so far n 2023. They hold around 1t of stock now, unchanged from last month.
