Ferro-vanadium prices ticked up again in Europe on Friday December 6, as producers reported being more or less sold out for the year.
由于生产厂家库存大多已经售空，12月6日周五欧洲钒铁价格再次上调。
由于生产厂家库存大多已经售空，12月6日周五欧洲钒铁价格再次上调。
Prices have been firm in recent days and are likely to remain so into the first quarter, market participants said.
“近期钒铁价格保持稳固，且涨势可能持续到2014年第一季度”，市场参与者称。
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.
据《金属导报》报价显示，在下游商家采购意愿持续较高的带动下，欧洲钒铁价格由之前的25.1-25.6美元/千克上调至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.
“市场很难寻到低于25.4美元/千克的货源，部分采购商买入价格高至26美元，但只是少量成交”，某贸易商称。
“[The price] is not rocketing up, but softening is not there either,” he added.
“虽然价格不会快速大幅提升，但也不太可能出现回落的现象”，他补充道。
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.
大多数人认为，近期欧洲市场的交易量不到10吨，但下游商家的购买兴趣一直存在,市场参与者说。
“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.
“当前的状况较为紧张。通常情况下,大家都试图在年底前清理手中的库存但今年的情况并非如此，这很奇怪”,生产商说。
“I think we will get up to $26 per kg even for larger quantities,” he added.
“我认为后期钒铁的批量成交价格将提升至26美元/千克”，他补充道。
Market participants should not expect prices to shoot up as high as they did in 2013, however, a second trader said.
然而，市场参与者并不指望钒铁价格能出现2013年初的高位水平，第二位贸易商说。
“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.
“我认为2014年钒铁价格走向将与2013年大致相同，但是，不太可能再次出现35美元/千克的高价”，他说。
（原文翻译自英国《金属导报》，如有疑问请参照原文为主）