- Global antimony trioxide pricing in Q2’26 softened across all major regions, with synchronized declines driven by weaker industrial consumption and improved spot availability.
- Feedstock antimony metal availability improved marginally from mining and smelting restarts, easing earlier tightness and reducing cost support across derivative markets.
- Downstream flame retardant, plastics, and electronics applications showed stable but cautious demand, with procurement cycles shortened due to inventory adjustments.
In the second quarter of 2026, the monthly average antimony trioxide price in China was ~RMB 193.77/kg in April and ~RMB 176.62/kg in the subsequent month, showing a decrease of ~8.9%. Prices fell as a greater supply of antimony intermediates from local smelters and lower demand by consumers in the flame retardants and polymers industries. Meanwhile, the monthly average antimony trioxide price in India was ~INR 2,718.14/kg in April and ~INR 2,479.57/kg in the subsequent month, showing a decrease of ~8.8%. Lower prices were driven by Asian import activity, where Indian consumers bought fewer antimony intermediates because they had adequate stock levels and steady but stagnant demand from the plastics and cable insulation industries.
Analyst Insight
According to Procurement Resource, antimony trioxide prices are expected to remain under pressure with periodic stabilization attempts, driven more by supply normalization and inventory correction cycles than any meaningful rebound in the end user demand.