Industrial Minerals


Lithium prices edge higher, increases expected in New Year

05 December 2011

by Siobhan Lismore

Talison raise prices by 2012 to justify capex needed to secure supply

Keywords: Talison, lithium, spodumene, carbonate, hydroxide

Market participants said this week that lithium products were expected to continue to rise into next year, with the world’s biggest spodumene producer Talison putting up prices as high as 15%.

This week lithium carbonate (large contracts, del continental USA) and hydroxide (56.5-57.5% LiOH large contracts, packed in drums or bags, del Europe or USA) prices...