In June Russia imported 28 tons of molybdenum including scrap, up by 63.2% MoM and by 77.8% YoY.
China increased supplies by 22%, to 12.2 tons. After a drop in May imports from Germany grew 2-fold, to 14.4 tons.
In H1 molybdenum imports totaled 157 tons, up by 2.4% YoY.
In monetary terms since the start of the year the imports have grown by 45.8%.
Import prices in June dropped by 10%, to $70 per kg. (Ukrainian metal)