Tungsten Market Picking Up !! 30 Apr 2012 by Metal-Pages
China Jan-Mar 2012 tungsten concentrate output up 25.0%
BEIJING (Metal-Pages) 30-Apr-12. Chinese production of tungsten concentrates rose 25.0% to 30,737 tonnes in the first three months of 2012 compared with same period last year, according to the China Non-Ferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA).
The main production areas in the January to March period were Jiangxi province with 15,646 tonnes, up 32.2%, and Hunan province where output rose 13.5% year-on-year to 7,234 tonnes.
Output in Henan province rose 26.5% to 3,495 tonnes between January and March, while Inner Mongolia province produced 1,372 tonnes of tungsten concentrates in the period, up 199.6%.
In March, China's tungsten concentrates production totalled 13,176 tonnes.
-By Heming Hao in Beijing (heming@metal-pages.asia)