Molybdenum market update on July 25, 2025 This week, domestic molybdenum market exhibited a pattern of initial suppression followed by a rebound. At the beginning of the week, the market entered an adjustment phase after a rapid price increase, compounded by declining steel mill tender prices and low downstream procurement inquiry activity, prompting suppliers to slightly lower quotations to facilitate transactions. Toward the weekend, influenced by major molybdenum mining companies raising their molybdenum concentrate sales prices, other suppliers’ confidence in…

Molybdenum market update on July 24, 2025 The domestic molybdenum market is maintaining a high-level sideways trend, with product prices showing no significant changes and actual transaction volumes remaining decent, as traders generally adhere to rigid trading practices. Today, the prices of molybdenum concentrate, ferromolybdenum, and molybdenum oxide are approximately 4,000 yuan per ton-unit, 254,000 yuan per ton, and 4,130 yuan per ton-unit, respectively. From the supply side, firstly, factors such as intensified environmental enforcement, frequent high-temperature and rainy weather,…

Molybdenum market update on July 23, 2025 The domestic molybdenum market shows a trend of stabilizing after a decline, with a mix of bullish and bearish factors leading to differing pricing sentiments among upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain: molybdenum mining companies exhibit strong reluctance to sell and an optimistic outlook, intermediate smelting enterprises are ambivalent about raising or lowering prices, while molybdenum chemical enterprises maintain relatively stable quotations. In the molybdenum concentrate market, trading activity remains moderate.…

Molybdenum market update on July 22, 2025 The domestic molybdenum market exhibits an overall stable but weak pattern, primarily characterized by a continued slight decline in molybdenum raw material prices, low trading sentiment among traders, and slow order growth. However, supported by strong production costs and the continuous introduction of favorable policies, suppliers have limited room for price concessions. In the molybdenum concentrate market, product quotation has decreased to around 3,960 yuan per ton-degree, mainly due to weakening steel tender…

Molybdenum market update on July 21, 2025 At the beginning of the week, the domestic molybdenum market continued to trend weakly, driven by steel companies’ persistent downward pressure on ferromolybdenum prices and the gradual weakening of earlier bullish support, leading to slightly insufficient confidence among raw material suppliers in maintaining stable prices. Today, molybdenum concentrate price decreased by approximately 30 yuan per ton-degree. Against this backdrop, prices of other molybdenum products also saw varying degrees of decline: sodium molybdate price…

Molybdenum market update on July 18, 2025 This week, the domestic molybdenum market exhibited an overall high-level but weak trend, primarily due to a significant price surge in the previous two weeks, which led to reduced inquiry and procurement enthusiasm from downstream users. Additionally, the earlier bullish factors have gradually dissipated, resulting in insufficient momentum for suppliers to further raise prices, with some quotations even experiencing slight pullbacks. Furthermore, declining steel tender prices are a key reason for molybdenum concentrate…

Molybdenum market update on July 17, 2025 The domestic molybdenum market is showing a weak trend, with high raw material prices proving difficult to reduce and steel tender prices declining, leading to a somewhat strained negotiation atmosphere between buyers and sellers, and moderate market trading activity. Currently, industry participants are closely monitoring the shipment dynamics of molybdenum mining companies. In the molybdenum concentrate market, the overall trend is a high-level stalemate. With reduced downstream inquiries and limited spot supply, holders…