Rare earth market update on January 4, 2026
At the beginning of the year, the domestic rare earth market overall maintained sideways operation. Amid the interplay of bullish and bearish factors, intense price bargaining between buyers and sellers resulted in product prices fluctuating within a narrow range and relatively low actual transaction volume. Today, praseodymium-neodymium oxide, holmium oxide, and dysprosium-iron alloy prices increased by approximately RMB 1,000/ton, RMB 1,000/ton, and RMB 10,000/ton respectively. According to CTIA GROUP LTD, factors such as pressure on working capital for downstream rare earth production enterprises, relatively abundant raw material inventory, combined with sufficient spot raw material supply, have jointly suppressed the release of market demand.
On the news front, according to the Anhui Provincial Department of Science and Technology, recently a research team from Anhui University, in collaboration with Beijing University of Technology and the National Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Materials, has made important theoretical progress in the field of rare earth permanent magnet materials. This research for the first time revealed two key microscopic mechanisms affecting heavy rare earth diffusion efficiency, providing a new scientific perspective for improving the utilization efficiency of strategic heavy rare earths. The related results have been published in the well-known materials science journal Advanced Functional Materials.
Price of rare earth products on January 4, 2026
Images of neodymium oxide
