Industrial Minerals


Antimony trioxide prices increase as smelters closed

02 February 2012

by Siobhan Lismore

China authorities close all smelters in Hechi and Yizhou after poisoning incident

Keywords: antimony trioxide, China, ingot, prices, poison, cadmium, smelter

Antimony trioxide and ingot prices were lifted this week after a bearish few months following a curtailment of supply in China.

Smelters in the Hechi and Yizhou city, Guangxi province, have stopped production due to a cadmium poisoning incident in the...