Resumen de Falling oil price sees mixed impact on industrial minerals
IM 's prices for antimony trioxide (typically 99.5% Sb[subscript]2 O[subscript]3 ) stand at $7,750-7,850/tonne (5-tonne lots) on a CIF Antwerp/Rotterdam basis and at $7,700-7,900/tonne (20-tonne lots) FOB China.
In the vein graphite market, IM Data 's prices remained stable for a third consecutive year in 2014, in line with prices set by the Sri Lankan graphite commission. High purity 99.1% C grade +1 mesh material is priced at $2,800/tonne (FOB Sri Lanka) while 99.3% material is traded at $1,550/tonne (FOB Sri Lanka).
Prices for cerium oxide stand at $4.3-5.2/kg; dysprosium oxide is at $320-375/kg; europium oxide is at $700-780/kg; lanthanum oxide is at $4.3-5.2/kg; neodymium oxide is at $58-68/kg; praseodymium oxide stands at $110-120/kg; and samarium oxide prices stand at $4.8-6.5/kg.
