Industrial Minerals


Traders peg antimony higher as supply rumoured to be tighter

19 May 2011

by Siobhan Lismore

Sources outside of China dispute whether the trend will last, say prices will fall

Keywords: antimony, antimony trioxide, SBO3, flame retardants

Antimony trioxide prices in China are increasing from the level quoted a week ago, traders told IM, but sources disagreed over whether the trend would last.

While sources within China said they saw the up trend lasting at least until the end of May, those outside of China argued that they had seen prices decreasing.