From April 5 to April 9, 2021, the market price of antimony ingot in East China rose slightly, at 72750 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week and 72750 yuan / ton at the end of the week, which was flat this week.

On April 8, the antimony commodity index was 101.28, which was the same as yesterday, decreased by 1.02% compared with 102.32 (2012-10-16), the highest point in the cycle, and increased by 115.58% compared with 46.98, the lowest point on December 24, 2015. (Note: period refers to the period from September 8, 2012 to now).

This week, the antimony ingot market continued to maintain a high and stable trend. In the past month, the price continued to be stable, the market supply and demand situation was slightly balanced, most of the transactions were purchased on demand, and the downstream was in a strong wait-and-see mood. Antimony ingot manufacturers supply is still tight, strong willingness to price. The environmental protection supervision team has been stationed in Shanxi, Liaoning, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces. The follow-up will have a certain impact on the smelting of antimony ingot.

As of April 9, the average price of two low bismuth antimony ingots was 70500 yuan / ton, one high bismuth antimony ingot was 72000 yuan / ton, one high bismuth antimony ingot was 73000 yuan / ton, and the average price of two high bismuth antimony ingots was 65500 yuan / ton.

At present, the price of antimony ingot has been at a historical high, and the downstream pressure is relatively large. In the future, without obvious impact on the basic supply and demand side, it is expected that the price of antimony ingot is still high and stable. In the future, we will focus on the impact of environmental protection supervision on the start-up of smelters in the main production areas.

Relevant data:

According to customs statistics, in December 2020, China’s import volume of antimony ore and concentrate was 835.1 tons, a month on month decrease of 64.0% and a year-on-year decrease of 85.8%.

China’s import volume of antimony oxide in January 2021 was 61.15 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.7%; China’s export volume of antimony oxide in January 2021 was 4794.08 tons, a year-on-year increase of 30.16%.