1. Niobium Pentoxide (Nb2O5) Industry Key Raw Materials Analysis
1.1 Key Raw Materials
The upstream raw material of niobium pentoxide is mainly niobium ore. Niobium ore is a rare metal. It looks like steel with off-white luster. The powder is dark gray. It has the characteristics of air absorption, corrosion resistance, superconductivity, unipolar conductivity and high strength at high temperatures. The relevant high-tech industries for the application of niobium materials include electronics, precision ceramics and precision glass industries, electroacoustic and optical devices, cemented carbide, aerospace and electronic energy industries.
1.2 Key Raw Materials Price Trend
Due to fluctuations in market supply and demand and the promotion of the capital market, the prices of raw materials are different, showing different trends, and will generally be in a state of volatility.
Niobium (Nb) is a rare, soft, shiny, grey-white, ductile transition metal. It is primarily found in the minerals pyrochlore (Nb>Ta), columbite (Nb>Ta) and tantalite (Ta>Nb). Minerals containing niobium often also contain tantalum, an element that shares many chemical and physical characteristics with it. Niobium is found in alkaline intrusive rocks, carbonatites, granites and pegmatite.
Niobium is typically used in the structural steel industry, the chemical industry, or the super and master alloy industries. Currently, the price of niobium ranges from $18.25 per pound ($40,620 per ton) for niobium concentrate (Nb2O5 content greater than 50%) to more than $41 per kilogram for niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5 content greater than 99.5%). Higher purity and more specialized products achieve higher prices. The volatility of niobium prices is extremely low, one key factor in customer supply-chain certainty.
1.3 Key Suppliers of Raw Materials
The major suppliers of raw materials for the global niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) industry include Anglo American, Magris Resources, Yichun tantalum-niobium mine co., ltd, XINJIANG NONFERROUS METAL INDUSTRY (GROUP) Co., LTD, Global Advanced Metals and Grandview materials INC.
Table Key Suppliers of Raw Materials
Raw Material | Suppliers | Contact Information |
Niobium ore | Anglo American | Web: www.angloamerican.com Add: Anglo American plc, 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN, United Kingdom。 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7968 8888 |
Magris Resources | Web: www.magrispm.com Add: Bay Adelaide Centre, 333 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2, Canada Tel: 416-901-9877 | |
Yichun tantalum-niobium mine co., ltd | Web: www.yclkzyw.com Add: 100m southeast of the intersection of Zhuhua Section and 522 County Road, Yuanzhou District, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. Tel: 0795-3638070 | |
XINJIANG NONFERROUS METAL INDUSTRY (GROUP) Co., LTD | Web: www.xjysjs.com Add: No.636 Youhao North Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. Tel: 0991-4841560 | |
Global Advanced Metals | Web: www.globaladvancedmetals.com Add: 100 Worcester Street, Suite 200, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 Tel: +1 781 996 7300 | |
Grandview materials INC. | Web: www.grandviewmaterials.com Add: Grandview Materials Inc., 4 Mia Bella Drive, New Milford, CT 06776, USA Tel: (614) 488-6998 |
2. Global Niobium Pentoxide (Nb2O5) Industry Distributors List
Major distributors in the global niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) industry include Parchem, Klonelife do Brasil LTDA and Beijing xing Rong Yuan technology co., ltd.
Table Major Distributors of Niobium Pentoxide (Nb2O5) with Contact Information
Distributors | Contact Information |
Parchem | Web: www.parchem.com Add: 415 Huguenot Street, New Rochelle, new york 10801. Tel: (914) 654-6800 |
Klonelife do Brasil LTDA | Web: www.klonelife.com.br Add: Avenida da emancipation 3770- Hortoladia Tel: 55 (19) 3845-3359 |
Beijing xing Rong Yuan technology co., ltd | Web: www.bjxrymetal.com Add: Room 709, Area B, Wanjia Shengjing Building, Xibeiwang Town, Haidian District, Beijing, China. Tel: 86 010 62974050 |
3. Global Niobium Pentoxide (Nb2O5) Industry Customers List
Key customers in the global niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) industry include Mark Optics, DIVERSE OPTICS INC., Global Advanced Metals, Jiangsu youli optics eyeglasses co., ltd and Luxottica Group.
Table Major Customers of Niobium Pentoxide (Nb2O5) with Contact Information
Customers | Contact Information |
Mark Optics | Web: markoptics.com Add: 1424 E St Gertrude Pl, Santa Ana, CA 92705 Tel: (714) 545-6684 |
DIVERSE OPTICS INC. | Web: diverseoptics.com
Add: 10339 Dorset Street Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Tel: 1 (909) 285-9370 |
Global Advanced Metals | Web: globaladvancedmetals.com Add: Maranup Ford Road, Gate 4 Greenbushes WA 6254 Australia Tel: 61 8 9764 2600 |
Jiangsu youli optics eyeglasses co., ltd | Web: www.youlilens.com Add: No.18, South of Beiyiwei Reservoir, Danyang Economic Development Zone. Tel: 400-829-2788 |
Luxottica Group | Web: www.essilorluxottica.com Add: PIAZZALE CADORNA, 3, 20123 Milan-Italy. Tel: 39 02 863 341 |
4. Niobium Pentoxide (Nb2O5) Industry Trends
‘The continuous development of economy and industry’
Niobium pentoxide is well-known, and the fundamental reason for the leap-forward development of its application scenarios lies in economic development and innovation in industrial technology. The explosive growth of industry user demand has greatly enriched the application scenarios of niobium pentoxide. On the one hand, the further improvement of raw materials and suppliers in the niobium pentoxide industry chain is conducive to the transformation and upgrading of the source end of the industry and the optimization of industrial processes; the improvement of quality to further meet the new needs of users, all of which are conducive to the further development of the industry. The promotion of all parties has made the application and development of niobium pentoxide strong. With the continuous development of the global economy, breakthroughs in industrial technology and industrial innovation, the progress of niobium pentoxide manufacturing enterprises has been continuously promoted.
‘In the high-end battery market will gain a larger share’
In battery technology, material chemistry is key, and niobium plays a decisive role in creating higher performance, faster charging, more durable, and safer batteries. The application of niobium in advanced lithium-ion batteries has significant advantages. Niobium is used as a doping and coating material to develop novel low – or cobalt-free, lithium – and Mangan-based positives with higher performance, better electronic conductivity, and long-term stability. In addition, niobium can also be used to manufacture new anode materials with high power, fast charging, wider operating temperature range, longer service life and better safety. Lithium-ion batteries modified with niobium can be safely recharged in up to 10 minutes without the risk of fire, while traditional lithium-ion batteries take two to three hours to charge. According to industry leaders, the use of niobium mixed metal oxide instead of graphite on the anode side of the battery can improve safety and price stability, and expand the capacity of battery-grade niobium oxide for high-power, long-life, safer and ultra-fast charging technology in the lithium-ion battery field. With the deepening of global electrification, it is expected that investment in niobium-related battery technology will increase in the future, which will drive the development of the industry.
5. Niobium Pentoxide (Nb2O5) Market Challenges
‘Products are substitutable’
As for niobium pentoxide, its chemical properties have no obvious advantages over most oxides. That is to say, oxides have the characteristics of niobium pentoxide and other oxides.
For example, niobium pentoxide is often used to make glass because of its chemical properties. And the glass can also be silica and alumina glass. For glass manufacturing, ordinary glass is used in daily life. Therefore, other oxides can be used to manufacture glass, and niobium pentoxide has high substitutability.
‘When Niobium Pentoxide participates in most chemical reactions, the conditions are harsh’
Niobium Pentoxide is the most common and stable niobium compound. Therefore, it is difficult to achieve the chemistry usually needed when using niobium pentoxide as raw material for redox reaction. For example, niobium pentoxide is mostly used in industry to reduce metal niobium. In addition to the large demand for industrial metal niobium, industrial production equipment can meet the conditions required by the chemical reaction process of reducing niobium pentoxide to metal niobium.
6. Niobium Pentoxide (Nb2O5) Market Influence Factors
‘Vulnerable to the steel market’
In the downstream application segment, metal niobium occupies the largest market share, and its end application is used in the production of steel. Therefore, the end demand industry of this industry is the steel industry. Because the demand market for niobium pentoxide is relatively limited, its price is mainly affected by supply and demand, so the price, demand and profit space of the industry are greatly affected by the downstream terminal, mainly by the steel market. As a bulk commodity, steel will be greatly affected by the international environment, global macro economy, and terminal downstream demand, and the main body will show a fluctuating trend. Therefore, the industry will be affected by the downstream steel industry, resulting in an impact on the price of the industry.
