Chinese gallium metal market inactive
2024-03-06 08:31:03 [Print]
BEIJING (Asian Metal) 6 Mar 24 - Chinese gallium metal 99
A trader in South China disclosed that they failed to receive inquiries for gallium metal over the past two days, while they got 2-3 inquiries early last week. They last sold around 200kg at RMB2,250/kg (USD312.75/kg) EXW T/T 30 days early last week . "As our clients held back from purchasing with soft demand, we believed that the mainstream prices of Chinese gallium metal 99 . 99%min would slide further in the upcoming days", said the trade. They considered selling at prices as low as RMB2,150/kg (USD298.85/kg) presently, while they had no intention to sell at prices less than RMB2,200/kg (USD305.80/kg) early last week.
The trader, having a regular monthly trading volume of 1t of gallium metal 99.99%min, holds around 500kg of stock now, in line with late last month . They expected to sell around 500kg this month and sold around 1t last month.
Another trader in South China mentioned that they failed to conclude any deal of gallium metal 99.99%min since early last week, when they closed at least one deal. "We last sold around 500kg at RMB2,200/kg (USD305.80/kg) EXW D/P early last week", said the trader. They could accept the price as low as RMB2,130/kg (USD296.07/kg) presently, while they refused to sell at any price lower than RMB2,200/kg (USD305.80/kg) one week ago . Despite that the downstream held watchful attitudes, most producers intended to continue holding prices firm . Therefore, they predicted that the mainstream prices of Chinese gallium metal 99 . 99%min would hover at the current level in the forthcoming week.
The trader, with a regular monthly trading volume of 1.5t of gallium metal 99 . 99%min, hold around 1t of stocks now, in line with the end of last month . They expected to sell about 1t this month, without much change from last month . They sold around 25t in 2022 and about 19t in 2023.
. 99%min market ran slowly over the past week . Given the downstream held back from purchasing, some suppliers marked down their quotations . Currently, the mainstream prices of Chinese gallium metal 99.99%min slid to RMB2,150-2,200/kg (USD298 . 85-305.80/kg) EXW D/P, down by RMB10/kg from late last week . Insiders predicted that the prevailing prices of Chinese gallium metal 99 . 99%min would go soft in the upcoming week due to watchful attitudes from the downstream.
A trader in South China disclosed that they failed to receive inquiries for gallium metal over the past two days, while they got 2-3 inquiries early last week. They last sold around 200kg at RMB2,250/kg (USD312.75/kg) EXW T/T 30 days early last week . "As our clients held back from purchasing with soft demand, we believed that the mainstream prices of Chinese gallium metal 99 . 99%min would slide further in the upcoming days", said the trade. They considered selling at prices as low as RMB2,150/kg (USD298.85/kg) presently, while they had no intention to sell at prices less than RMB2,200/kg (USD305.80/kg) early last week.
The trader, having a regular monthly trading volume of 1t of gallium metal 99.99%min, holds around 500kg of stock now, in line with late last month . They expected to sell around 500kg this month and sold around 1t last month.
Another trader in South China mentioned that they failed to conclude any deal of gallium metal 99.99%min since early last week, when they closed at least one deal. "We last sold around 500kg at RMB2,200/kg (USD305.80/kg) EXW D/P early last week", said the trader. They could accept the price as low as RMB2,130/kg (USD296.07/kg) presently, while they refused to sell at any price lower than RMB2,200/kg (USD305.80/kg) one week ago . Despite that the downstream held watchful attitudes, most producers intended to continue holding prices firm . Therefore, they predicted that the mainstream prices of Chinese gallium metal 99 . 99%min would hover at the current level in the forthcoming week.
The trader, with a regular monthly trading volume of 1.5t of gallium metal 99 . 99%min, hold around 1t of stocks now, in line with the end of last month . They expected to sell about 1t this month, without much change from last month . They sold around 25t in 2022 and about 19t in 2023.