Recently, according to the official website of the Baotou Industry and Information Technology Bureau, in September 2025, among the 46 key industrial products monitored in Baotou City, from a month-on-month perspective, 19 products such as lanthanum oxide, pig iron, and PVC saw price declines, 2 products such as metallic lanthanum and quartz crucibles remained stable, and 25 products such as rare earth carbonate and high-carbon ferrochrome saw price increases; from a year-on-year perspective, 17 products such as metallic lanthanum and I-beams saw price declines, and 29 products such as metallic neodymium and hot-rolled coils saw price increases.
Among them, for Baotou rare earth prices in September 2025, among the 9 key rare earth products monitored, 6 rose, 1 remained stable, and 2 declined month-on-month, with 8 rising and 1 declining year-on-year. The highest month-on-month increase was for metallic neodymium, with an average price of RMB 785,000 per ton, increased by RMB 70,000 per ton month-on-month, a rise of 9.8%, and increased by RMB 257,450 per ton year-on-year, a rise of 48.8%. The highest year-on-year increase was for cerium oxide, with an average price of RMB 10,900 per ton, increased by RMB 150 per ton month-on-month, a rise of 1.4%, and increased by RMB 3,700 per ton year-on-year, a rise of 51.4%.
According to CTIA GROUP LTD, from January to September 2025, the prices of most rare earth products in China increased year-on-year. The average price of praseodymium oxide was RMB 494,746 per ton, increased by 25.35% year-on-year; neodymium oxide RMB 487,897 per ton, increased by 24.06% year-on-year; praseodymium-neodymium oxide RMB 471,049 per ton, increased by 22.19% year-on-year; praseodymium-neodymium metal RMB 578,919 per ton, increased by 21.17% year-on-year; terbium oxide RMB 6,830 per ton, increased by 18.41% year-on-year; dysprosium oxide RMB 1,658,838 per ton, decreased by 12.02% year-on-year; dysprosium-iron alloy RMB 1,616,643 per ton, decreased by 12.61% year-on-year.
Among the 7 key non-ferrous products monitored in Baotou City in September 2025, the highest month-on-month increase was for prebaked anodes, with an average price of RMB 5,452 per ton, increased by RMB 93 per ton month-on-month, a rise of 1.7%, and increased by RMB 1,142 per ton year-on-year, a rise of 26.5%. The only product with both month-on-month and year-on-year declines was No. 1 magnesium ingots, with an average price of RMB 18,475 per ton, decreased by RMB 325 per ton month-on-month, a drop of 1.7%, and decreased by RMB 1,075 per ton year-on-year, a drop of 5.5%.
