Global lithium contract prices rise while contract periods shorten
By Martim Facada
Published: Friday, 01 December 2017
The global lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) market has seen a 10-20% price increase on contracts signed for 2018, while contract durations have shortened due to price uncertainty caused by undersupply in the global market.
Prices in the global lithium contract market are catching up
with the Chinese domestic and seaborne spot markets, which are
known to be the drivers of the lithium industry price.
The last quarter of 2017 has proven to be quite hectic so
far for the lithium industry, with producers and...