Monthly Cobalt Market Report May 2019
2019-06-14 18:13:17 【Print】
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In May, Chinese cemented carbide market was frustrated by U
. S . tariff raise, so the demand for cobalt metal decreased and consumers were reluctant to purchase, leading to limited transactions and lower prices for cobalt metal and cobalt powder . Affected by lower cobalt metal prices, those for cobalt salts were hard to keep stable, so prices for cobalt sulfate and cobalt tetroxide went down in succession . With the grace period of new energy subsidy to expire soon, the power vehicle market saw limited transactions, leading to weak demand for cobalt sulfate from LNCMO producers, so cobalt sulfate prices dropped . Besides, 3C electronics market entered into the traditional off season and the demand for cobalt tetroxide and cobalt chloride decreased . The cobalt market was covered by pessimistic sentiment and consumers mainly purchased on the basis of orders, so cobalt tetroxide prices were hard to keep stable . Orders of cobalt oxide and cobalt monoxide slightly dropped as the downstream ceramic industry was impacted by environmental inspections . Consumers purchased less raw materials of cobalt oxide and cobalt monoxide, leading to decreased prices.