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[Niobium Prices in 2025 Rally Then Retreat as Supply-Demand Dynamics Reshape Market Landscape] In 2025, niobium prices experienced a volatile trajectory characterized by an initial rally, followed by a correction, and then a stabilization—shaped first by geopolitical-driven sentiment, then by shifts in global supply-demand dynamics and downstream demand fluctuations, and finally by mild year-end supply tightness that sparked short-term adjustment expectations. The industry exhibited clear features of upstream resource concentration and downstream demand divergence.

["The Niobium Price in 2025 Rises First Then Falls, Supply-Demand Logic Reshapes Market Pattern"] In 2025, the niobium price experienced a volatile trend of rising first, then falling, and later stabilizing. Geopolitical conflicts initially triggered sentiment-driven surges, but subsequent changes in the global supply-demand pattern and fluctuations in downstream demand led prices back to rationality. A slight tightening in supply toward the year-end has generated expectations of short-term adjustments. The industry exhibits significant characteristics of concentrated upstream resources and differentiated downstream demand.