GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Chinese lithium prices unchanged in quiet market, seaborne hydroxide prices fall
By Martim Facada, Carrie Shi
Published: Friday, 23 November 2018
China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate price was steady this week due to slow market activity, with just small deals concluded; rest-of-world lithium hydroxide prices fell due to continued low demand.
Chinese battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices
were unchanged week on week on thin spot market
activity. Battery-grade lithium hydroxide prices in other
global markets were softer on sluggish demand. Ongoing
contract price negotiations kept global spot market activity
slow. European battery-grade lithium carbonate price was
unchanged.
The Chinese spot markets for battery-grade...