Asian Metal visits Jeff Group

On the morning of January 8th, 2025, Ms. Alina Fang, the Antimony Market Analyst of Asian Metal, visited Shenzhen Jeff Industrial Group Co., Ltd., and Guizhou Nonferrous Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd., and exchanged views on antimony market with Mr. Jianlong Xie, the Board Chairman of Jeff Group, Mr. Difu Xie, the Assistant to the Chairman, Ms. Xia Zhao, the General Manager of Guizhou Nonferrous Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd., and Mr. Huize Huang, the Purchasing Manager. Both sides gave summary on the antimony production and consumption in 2024 in both domestic and international markets, and exchanged views on the development outlook and price trends of the antimony market in 2025. Chairman Xie indicated that the antimony market experienced unprecedented conditions in 2024, with antimony prices once breaking historical highs. The group successfully completed its production and business targets for 2024. He added that 2025 will undoubtedly be a challenging year for the antimony industry, and enhancing product competitiveness, deepening corporate positioning, and improving customer service needs will remain key directions for further corporate development.

The group, including subsidiaries of Guizhou Nonferrous Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd., Dongguan Jeff Flame Retardant Materials Co., Ltd., Xinning Longkou Mining Development Co., Ltd., and Sandu Dongfeng Flame Retardant Materials Co., Ltd., currently has an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons of antimony ingot, 25,000 tons of antimony trioxide, and 6,000 tons of flame retardant masterbatch. With high reputation and good quality, the company's main products, which include "Jeff" brand antimony ingot, antimony trioxide, dust-free antimony trioxide, flame retardant masterbatch, composite flame retardants, etc., are well received by clients in both domestic market and international market.

Jeff Group consistently refers to the price information of Asian Metal and gives high recognition of its timely, rigorous, and objective market consulting services. With high praise on the previous antimony industry conferences, the company will actively participate in the 11th Antimony Forum to be held by Asian Metal in Xiamen on March 20-21, 2025.

Subsequently, Ms. Alina Fang visited Dongguan Jeff Flame Retardant Materials Co., Ltd., and held discussions with Mr. Fangwei Lv, the company’s General Manager. After communicating about the company's operational status and price trends in 2024, they exchanged views on the current supply and demand situation for antimony products. Mr. Fangwei Lv noted that while the current supply and demand in the antimony market are relatively balanced, the industry still faces challenges such as tightening antimony resource supply and a slowdown in downstream market demand. Against this backdrop, the antimony industry is expected to encounter greater challenges in 2025 under the current policy environment.

Established in 2003 with a registered capital of RMB 25 million, Dongguan Jeff Flame Retardant Materials Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Guizhou Dongfeng Antimony Industry Co., Ltd. The company's main products include antimony trioxide, dust-free antimony trioxide, flame retardant masterbatch, composite flame retardants, and other antimony-based flame retardant materials. With an annual production capacity of over 10,000 tons of antimony trioxide, more than 6,000 tons of flame retardant masterbatch, and over 3,000 tons of composite flame retardants, the company has become a leader in its field. Dongguan Jeff has advanced from a bottom-blow, low-temperature production process to top-blow, top-suction, high-temperature processes, enabling the simultaneous production of general-grade, high-purity environmental-grade, and catalytic-grade antimony trioxide within the same system. Its process design, energy-saving and environmental protection measures, production capacity, and product diversification are recognized as industry-leading. Furthermore, the company has implemented intellectual property protection strategies, securing 18 patents for the production of antimony trioxide and flame retardant masterbatch.