Vanadium Weekly Market Overview During 27-30 September 2020

www.ferroalloynet.com: This week, the vanadium market is in a stalemate, but this week, the decline of V2O5 flake is temporarily stopped and stabilized, the decline of ferrovanadium market is slowing down, and the profit margin of processing manufacturers is gradually expanding. However, under the situation of weak demand, the trading quantity is limited, and the actual operation of manufacturers is still under pressure. The heat of purchasing VN alloy before the festival is far lower than the market expectation. There are only few procurement from steel plants in the days before the festival, and there are not many terminal inquiries. The actual orders and shipment of VN alloy manufacturers are not as expected. The bulk market is still active under the condition that the large V2O5 flake factories do not release goods. In addition, the ultra-high import volume in August shown by the customs data, the market is more worried about the oversupply in the future market and has insufficient confidence in the market after the festival, therefore, some suppliers sold at a low price.

1. Summary of Vanadium Bidding in September

2. China vanadium market overview

Ammonium metavanadate market

Vanadium pentoxide market

This week, the market of V2O5 flake has been running steadily, and the market atmosphere has changed from strong to weak. However, due to the fact that large factories have not lowered their quotations and have not delivered goods, the retail supply will not be in excess, but the prices of ferrovanadium and VN alloy have continued to decline this week, so there is no support for the price rise of V2O5 flake. Under the influence of both sides, the market price of V2O5 flake remained at about 94500-95000 yuan / ton by cash this week. The vanadium market also depends on the pricing of large factories after the festival. If the price is set at a price which is relatively advantageous to the retail goods, the shipment will be relatively smooth, then the retail market will face the price reduction in order to promote the transaction. Therefore, in the general direction, the price of V2O5 flake may still have downward space after the festival.

Ferrovanadium market

The main feature of ferrovanadium market this week is “less procurement and transaction”, and the spot quotation is forced to be adjusted to a low level. The traders who have goods in the early stage have a lot of losses in this stage. In terms of profit space, ferrovanadium is more efficient than VN alloy, but in terms of terminal demand and consumption, ferrovanadium market has been at a low level for a long time. Therefore, although the FeV manufacturers may have profits, the quantities of orders are less.

Vanadium-nitrogen alloy market

This week, VN alloy market has the biggest decline among all vanadium products. Due to the coming of the double festival holiday, the market has great expectations for stock preparation of steel mills before the festival, and even some manufacturers have prepared enough raw materials in advance to wait for bidding of steel plants and receive orders. However, this round of procurement is relatively few, and the bidding of mainstream steel mills is less, and the procurement plan of some steel mills is delayed. Manufacturers with inventory begin to sell spot goods before the festival, and the quotation is decreasing. At present, the market price of VN alloy is reduced to about 146000 yuan / ton by acceptance. The manufacturers are not optimistic about the market after the festival, and the excess supply is difficult to consume.

3. Vanadium worldwide market review

On 25 Sep, the price of ferrovanadium in the European market maintained at 24.45-25.0 USD/kgV, convert into 50# ferrovanadium RMB price was 83,300-85,200 Yuan/ton. The price of European V2O5 was 5.1-5.6 USD/LB V2O5, convert into V2O5 98% RMB price was 75,100-82,400 Yuan/ton; the price of ferrovanadium in United States was 10-10.5 USD/LB V, convert into 50# ferrovanadium RMB price was 75,100-78,800 Yuan/ton.

4. Forecast on next week

The National Day and Mid Autumn Festival holiday is around the corner. The next natural week is in the holiday, the actual transaction activity is not expected to be much. The market is expected to postpone the situation before the festival. The next working week starts on October 9, and the market will enter the middle of the month. Due to the few procurement before the festival, some alloy manufacturers are looking forward to purchasing after the festival. However, this month, Tranvic and Desheng have a small amount of goods sold, the inventory at the end of the month is high, and the normal production is accumulated during the holiday. How to price and sell the spot stock of large V2O5 flake factories after the festival has a great impact on the market. In September, with a small number of large factories shipping, the V2O5 flake can still meet the production of alloy manufacturers, and can be purchased at low prices. The phenomenon of oversupply is obvious. In mid October, the purchase of steel mills may increase, but it is difficult to consume all the accumulated supply in October, the volume of imported vanadium products in October is expected to remain at a relatively high level. With the long accumulation of excess supply in the domestic market since June, the digestion is also a long process in the later market. In addition, when the domestic market fell seriously in September, the mainstream raw material plants did not show any signs of reducing production, maintaining full production capacity, and there are still concerns in the follow-up market. Judging from supply and demand, vanadium market still has downward space.

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