December20-31,2010Priceofrareearthconcentrateexhibiteduptrendrecently,howeverrareearthmarketwasinactiveholisticallyaffectedbysluggishtransactionsindownstreammarketsuchasNdFeBandphosphors.Rareearthexportmarketwassilentrecentlysincethequotafor2010hadalmostbeenusedup.