Germanium Market Report August 2015
2015-09-23 09:53:05 【Print】
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Following their decline in July, Chinese germanium metal 99
. 99%min prices started to level off in August, but spot activity remained sporadic . The poor performance of the market together with the lack of commercial investment kept large numbers of spot traders away from the market, and producers generally found it hard to conclude new deals . The price gap between the top brands and products from second-tier brands was widening in the domestic market . Some germanium concentrate producers chose to halt or reduce production, with many zone melting germanium ingot producers cutting back on output, and this is expected to result in a tighter market supply over the coming month or two, leading to greater market stability . In Europe and America, as it was still the height of the summer break, traders were in no rush to replenish any materials, while downstream end users purchased from hand to mouth, and demand was stable.