Ferro-vanadium prices ticked up again in Europe on Friday December 6, as producers reported being more or less sold out for the year.
由于生產廠家庫存大多已經售空，12月6日周五歐洲釩鐵價格再次上調。
由于生產廠家庫存大多已經售空，12月6日周五歐洲釩鐵價格再次上調。
Prices have been firm in recent days and are likely to remain so into the first quarter, market participants said.
“近期釩鐵價格保持穩固，且漲勢可能持續到2014年第一季度”，市場參與者稱。
Metal Bulletin’s quotation moved up to $25.30-25.80 per kg in Europe on Friday, from $25.10-25.60 previously, on continuing buying interest.
據《金屬導報》報價顯示，在下游商家采購意愿持續較高的帶動下，歐洲釩鐵價格由之前的25.1-25.6美元/千克上調至25.3-25.8美元/千克。
“It’s hard to find much below $25.40. Some purchasers are buying at up to $26 as well, but only for small quantities,” a trader said.
“市場很難尋到低于25.4美元/千克的貨源，部分采購商買入價格高至26美元，但只是少量成交”，某貿易商稱。
“[The price] is not rocketing up, but softening is not there either,” he added.
“雖然價格不會快速大幅提升，但也不太可能出現回落的現象”，他補充道。
Most concluded deals in Europe have been for less than 10 tonnes in recent days, but there has been continued interest in buying, market participants said.
大多數人認為，近期歐洲市場的交易量不到10噸，但下游商家的購買興趣一直存在,市場參與者說。
“It is very tight. Normally, at the end of the year, everyone wants to get rid of their stocks, but that’s not the case this year. It’s very strange,” a producer said.
“當前的狀況較為緊張。通常情況下,大家都試圖在年底前清理手中的庫存但今年的情況并非如此，這很奇怪”,生產商說。
“I think we will get up to $26 per kg even for larger quantities,” he added.
“我認為后期釩鐵的批量成交價格將提升至26美元/千克”，他補充道。
Market participants should not expect prices to shoot up as high as they did in 2013, however, a second trader said.
然而，市場參與者并不指望釩鐵價格能出現2013年初的高位水平，第二位貿易商說。
“I think ferro-vanadium will follow the same dynamic next year, but I don’t see it getting towards $35 again,” he told Metal Bulletin.
“我認為2014年釩鐵價格走向將與2013年大致相同，但是，不太可能再次出現35美元/千克的高價”，他說。
（原文翻譯自英國《金屬導報》，如有疑問請參照原文為主）