Industrial Minerals


Price Briefing: Week 32

12 August 2010


Onwards and upwards: rare earths, fused magnesia, antimony trioxide and graphite

Keywords: mineral prices, rare earths, cerium, neodymium, magnesia, antimony, fluorspar, graphite

Rare earths are continuing their upwards trend, with prices for cerium oxide ranging from $22/kg to as high as $38/kg for bulk purchases, FOB China.Lanthanum oxide prices have escalated to $20-23/kg from $8-15/kg last week. Both neodymium oxide and praseodymium oxide prices are now up at the $49/kg mark, while europium oxide...