Vanadium Market Report April 2016
2016-05-09 08:39:47 【Print】
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The Chinese vanadium market witnessed jump prices sharply in April
. Chinese vanadium pentoxide flake 98%min producers kept raising prices and held back selling the material . Therefore, it was difficult for downstream consumers to buy the goods and ferrovanadium and vanadium nitride prices were on the rise . Some steel mills were forced to accept the prices increase for normal use . However, market demand from steel mills showed no signed of rebounding . The increased prices lacked firm support . By the end of April, ferrovanadium 50%min prices had increased by 18 . 36%, while those for vanadium nitride had climbed by 27 . 14% . As for the vanadium pentoxide flake 98% market, the prices showed upward tendencies. By the end of month, the prices had gone up by RMB10,000/t (USD0.7/lb).