IT has been a case of mixed fortunes for the mirror "metals' as the fourth quarter advances. Bismuth, cobalt and indium all appear to be in the ascendant, with antimony and germanium dioxide slipping. Chromium, manganese, mercury and selenium seem to be holding fairly steady, with cadmium uncertainly poised. In the antimony market, prices fell again last week to around 4,000 dollars/tonne in a "snowballing" climate of weaker prices causing some consumers to reduce their purchasing. European trioxide market remained depressed, with a consumer reporting offers of Chinese trioxide at comparable prices to metal.
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