Antimony: the arrival of environmental protection inspectors, antimony prices temporarily stabilized

Antimony market prices have remained stable this week, and the game pattern between supply and demand has not changed much. The supply of medium and large manufacturers is still at a very high price, and the small amount of low-price realization shipments that appeared in the original market has also declined sharply this week. , Downstream buyers still have a strong wait-and-see mood. Judging from the purchase performance of antimony oxide terminals, there are more inquiries but not many actual purchases. Some market participants judged that the inventory is still being digested due to the production cycle, but with the later inventory Insufficient, the inquiry will gradually be transformed into actual purchase.

The most important and hotly discussed news this week is the official launch of the environmental protection inspection work. In order to thoroughly implement Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought, approved by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, according to the second meeting of the Central Ecological Environmental Protection Inspection Work Leading Group Spiritually, the sixth central ecological and environmental protection inspection team recently stationed in Hunan Province to carry out ecological and environmental protection inspections. On April 6, the mobilization meeting for inspectors was held in Changsha. Xu Jingye, the leader of the inspection team, and Ye Min, the deputy leader of the inspection team, respectively delivered speeches on how to do the inspection work, and Xu Dazhe, secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, conducted the mobilization. This environmental protection inspection work will focus on the handling of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on ecological and environmental protection; Hunan Province promotes high-quality development, especially the strict control of "two highs" projects blindly launched, and the reduction of production capacity "look back" Implementation status; implementation status of relevant major strategic deployments by the Party Central Committee and the State Council; major environmental pollution, ecological damage, ecological environment risks and handling status; the first round of inspections and "look back" to find problems and rectification implementation status; outstanding ecological response from the masses The status of environmental issues; the understanding of ecological and environmental protection, the implementation of responsibilities, the implementation of the same responsibility of the party and government, and the implementation of dual responsibilities of one post.

SMM learned from interviews with senior people from tin mines that in the smelting of non-ferrous metals, the most difficult part for environmental protection is the smelting of antimony. The treatment of low-concentration sulfur dioxide flue gas generated during the smelting of antimony ore is a problem in the industry. The treatment of arsenic-alkali slag produced in the smelting process of antimony ingot impurities is even more difficult in the world. The wastewater produced in each smelting process of antimony contains antimony, arsenic and other heavy metals, and its treatment process and discharge standards are much more difficult than other metals. Environmental inspections are not just the problem of no production, but the rectification of the problems raised during the last inspection, as well as other environmental problems facing at this stage. According to private enterprises, no matter what level it is, as long as it is an environmental inspector or an unannounced visit, it will make them tremble. The disposal and destocking of arsenic slag is the biggest problem in retrospect. Private enterprises, including state-owned enterprises, are the same, and the antimony industry is the same. Therefore, the impact of this environmental inspection work on the actual market output will be obvious and may be long-term. Some business people in the market said that in a long period of time, some private open-hearth furnaces may disappear in a short period of time. These companies also firmly believe that with the reduction in supply, prices in the market outlook will surely continue to rise. So far, the average price of SMM antimony: 2# low bismuth antimony ingot 70,500 yuan/ton, 1# antimony ingot 72,000 yuan/ton, 0# antimony ingot 73,000 yuan/ton, 2# high bismuth antimony ingot average price 65,500 yuan/ton, compared with The price remains unchanged compared to last week. As for the market price of antimony oxide this Wednesday, the average price of SMM antimony trioxide so far is 99.5% at 65,000 yuan/ton, and 99.8% at 66,000 yuan/ton, unchanged from last week.

The market forecast for next week: the probability of rising is 0%, the probability of steady is 60%, and the probability of falling is 40%.

東莞杰夫 三氧化二銻