Rare earth market update on April 15, 2025
The domestic rare earth market in China exhibited a mixed pattern of price movements. Terbium oxide and dysprosium-iron alloy prices rose by approximately 150 yuan/kg and 20,000 yuan/ton, respectively, while gadolinium oxide and holmium oxide prices fell by about 2,000 yuan/ton and 18,000 yuan/ton, respectively. In the light rare earth market, influenced by downstream users maintaining essential demand and relatively abundant spot supply, holders adopted rational pricing, leading to praseodymium-neodymium prices adjusting within a narrow range. In the medium and heavy rare earth market, dysprosium and terbium prices continued to rise, but transaction volumes remained limited. Meanwhile, gadolinium and holmium prices saw a recent pullback due to significant increases in the previous two weeks.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for March 2025 was 50.5%, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous month. Among the five sub-indices comprising the manufacturing PMI, the production index, new orders index, and supplier delivery time index were above the critical threshold, while the raw material inventory index and employment index remained below it. Specifically, the production index was 52.6%, up 0.1 percentage points from the previous month; the new orders index was 51.8%, up 0.7 percentage points; and the raw material inventory index was 47.2%, up 0.2 percentage points.
Price of rare earth products on April 15, 2025
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