Industrial Minerals


SQM on lithium price cuts

02 February 2010

by Simon Moores

LSM10: ‘Too early to say’ if lithium carbonate price cuts have induced demand

Keywords: SQM, lithium, electric vehicles, EV, FMC, Chemetall

SQM SA has told IM that it is still too early to say if its 20% lithium carbonate price cuts at the start of 2010 had the desired impact and boosted demand, which was down between 20-30% in 2009.

 

Patricio de Solminihac, executive vice president of SQM – the leading...