European antimony market back to calm

BEIJING (Asian Metal) 17 Nov 06 – This week, European antimony market is back to be quiet again as market participants claimed that reasonable amount of materials were concluded last week.
A European trader revealed to Asian Metal that the last deal he concluded was a container of standard grade two antimony ingot sold at USD5,630/t FCA to an end-user at the end of last week. “However, market is calm again this week.”
Another trader also concluded several deals last week for the standard grade two antimony ingot at around USD5,450/t in warehouse Rotterdam. “Inquiries last week were reasonable as I think some consumers were out of stock and tried to replenish inventories for December, but I was not able to sell anything this week.”
“There are plenty of materials in the market,” said a trader who thinks the mainstream price of antimony is in the range of USD5,400-5,450/t.
According to the sources, material with bismuth content lower than 100ppm was sold at around USD50/t more expensive than the standard material.