Looking back on 2022, it was a year marked by complexityand turbulence at home and abroad. Market confidence in China was hit hard byslower growth in its manufacturing and real estate sectors amid Covid waves,while the world economy was headed for a downturn fueled by a series of eventsincluding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, U.S. Fed's aggressive interest ratehikes and the energy crunch in Europe. Despite all these challenges, the annualaverage prices for antimony products in 2022 remained at their highest levelsin the past ten years. The rapid rise in antimony consumption from photovoltaicindustry was offset by record low operating rates of antimony producers inChina, while antimony concentrate imports kept declining for the fifthconsecutive year and antimony trioxide exports also showed signs of decreasing,which made overseas antimony ingot increasingly more cost-competitive.
As the new year dawned, Chinese government made timelyand science-based adjustments to its Covid response policies. After athree-year fight against the pandemic, will China's end market see an effectiverecovery in 2023? How will antimony prices trend? Will the declining imports ofraw material slow down? How will demand in European and American marketsevolve? What's the outlook for overseas antimony market? Under the newcircumstances, how will Chinese antimony companies make a breakthrough?
First established in 2012, the Antimony Forum hostedby Asian Metal is dedicated to become a global forum summit event for antimonyindustry. Attracting more than 100 companies around the world each year, theForum has been successfully held in places like Bangkok, Lisbon, Madrid,Changsha, Zhangjiajie and Kunming. In the ninth year of the Forum, antimonyindustry elites from around the world will gather in Sanya, China on April 13-14,2023 to collectively explore the development of antimony industry.
Highlights:
[Advantageous Brand] World special forum antimonyforum hosted by Asian Metal for 8 consecutive years
[Authoritative Forum] The most authoritative antimonyforum acknowledged globally
[Cutting-edge Topics] Focus on the current hot spotsand theme discussion on new ideas to lead industry development
[Top-level Participants] Insight and experience fromindustry key opinion leaders
[In-depth Exchanges] Opportunities to provide in-depthtwo-way communication
