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July 2019
19 July 2019
Battery-grade lithium prices in China decreased further in the week ending Thursday July 18 due to unimproved downstream demand, while most buyers were in no rush to buy more material due to current reduced cathode and battery production in China, buying only on a hand-to-mouth basis.
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19 July 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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17 July 2019
Galaxy increased lithium spodumene production by almost 35% quarter on quarter while reducing production costs by 25.60%, the company said on Tuesday July 16.
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16 July 2019
China's flake graphite price has been hit by weaker refractory materials demand this year, but there is hope that growing consumption from the lithium-ion battery anode sector will support the market in the long term.
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15 July 2019
Fastmarkets reporters present six main takeaways from the Lithium-ion Battery & Material Supply Chain conference hosted by Shanghai Xinluo Network Technology in Qiandaohu, China, on July 11-12.
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12 July 2019
Alliance Mineral's spodumene production rose slightly quarter on quarter in the three months to June 2019.
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12 July 2019
China’s battery grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices hit fresh 2019 lows in the week ended Thursday July 11 with more producers lowering prices to boost sales amid subdued downstream demand and a negative short-term outlook.
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11 July 2019
Long discarded as trash, interest is growing in the rare earth ore monazite.
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11 July 2019
With Argosy's chemical process tested and proven to produce 99.5% lithium carbonate, the Australian junior is poised to become the next lithium compound producer from brine in South America.
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10 July 2019
China’s output of new energy vehicles (NEVs) continued to rise in the first half of 2019 year on year, with data showing a greater increase in June 2019 after slow annual growth in April and May. Lithium prices were under downward pressure from sluggish demand.
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10 July 2019
Australia’s Pilbara Minerals expects production and sales of lithium spodumene concentrate to return to full capacity in the fourth quarter of 2019 and has secured a new offtake agreement with the Chinese Great Wall Motor Co.
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10 July 2019
Altura reached a binding five-year offtake agreement on July 9 to sell 35,000 tonnes per year of lithium spodumene concentrate to Chinese lithium converter Shandong Ruifu, while Altura and Shaanxi J&R Optimum Energy have terminated their existing offtake deal.
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09 July 2019
Batteries will continue to have 80% nickel content for at least the next few years, until options are developed with lower nickel but better cost-efficiency, Renato Rostás reports.
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09 July 2019
Global governments are shifting their focus from incentives toward electric-vehicle production to legislation that will push the changeover from internal-combustion vehicles, and China is leading the way.
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09 July 2019
The flexibility to produce either lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide will be essential, as will close co-operation with end-users, while lithium-ion battery technology develops and hydroxide overtakes carbonate as the preferred choice.
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08 July 2019
Fastmarkets has been pricing lithium for more than 30 years and other metals, mining and forest product markets for over 100 years.
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08 July 2019
The Australian company said it will restrict lithium output due to delays in the commissioning of chemical conversion capacity in China.
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08 July 2019
New lithium projects are falling short of expected consumption, meaning demand could soon outpace supply.
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05 July 2019
China’s lithium market remained sluggish this week, which market sources attributed to the conclusion of the transition period for the new energy vehicles (NEV) subsidy forecasts of declining demand for lithium in the short term.
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03 July 2019
Chinese lithium carbonate imports rose strongly in April-May when buyers picked up material because of attractive prices.
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01 July 2019
Ganfeng Lithium has signed an investment and offtake agreement with Bacanora Lithium to accelerate Bacanora’s stage 1 lithium production.
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June 2019
28 June 2019
The Australian miner has postponed the shipment at a time of falling lithium compound prices which have led to pressure for spodumene producers to lower their offers.
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28 June 2019
Downwards price pressure continues to affect the Chinese domestic lithium market due to quiet buying activity in the traditionally weak summer season, with battery-grade lithium carbonate producers lowering their prices to boost sales and lithium hydroxide prices staying unchanged.
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27 June 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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27 June 2019
Lithium spodumene prices have fallen by 2.8% month on month, prompted by slowing consumption of the material and low prices for lithium chemicals.
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26 June 2019
The owner of a Crimean titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant faces charges in the United States of planned bribery over an attempt to mine heavy mineral sands in India; he is also under scrutiny in Ukraine.
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24 June 2019
Altura's lithium spodumene sales rose in the June quarter and the producer is ramping up output at its Pilgangoora mine in Western Australia.
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21 June 2019
Neometals and Manikaran Power will jointly fund a lithium refinery in India.
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21 June 2019
Fastmarkets has standardized the names of our metals and minerals prices across our product suite for ease of use and greater transparency.
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21 June 2019
Coal trader Noble Group has made a fresh investment into rare earths, underlining the new interest in non-Chinese projects.
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21 June 2019
China’s domestic lithium hydroxide market weakened slightly this week while downstream buyers slowed their purchasing ahead of July, when spot consumption typically decreases in China and the prices in the rest of the world traded sideways.
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20 June 2019
EU demand for passenger cars increased by 0.1% year on year in May, following eight consecutive month of decline, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said this week.
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19 June 2019
Fastmarkets has identified seven main takeaways on the lithium market from Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Santiago last week.
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18 June 2019
Vietnam's tungsten miner Masan Resources has hired former Amalgamated Metals Corporation (AMC) trader William Parry-Jones, the company told Fastmarkets on Thursday June 13.
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18 June 2019
Pilbara Minerals will restrict its lithium production in June and July due to reduced demand in the second quarter of 2019 caused by delays in the commissioning of chemical conversion capacity by the company's key offtake partners in China.
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14 June 2019
China’s domestic lithium market remained weak over the week ended June 14, with lithium hydroxide prices drifting lower while the lithium carbonate market remained flat.
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13 June 2019
Chile's ministry of mining has been given a mandate to boost production of lithium in the country to meet the expected growth in demand over the next 10 years.
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13 June 2019
Global lithium demand could outpace supply in the coming years, with the number of new projects expected to fall short of expected consumption amid doubts on capital availability and low prices, market participants said on Tuesday June 11 at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference.
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13 June 2019
The flexibility to either produce lithium carbonate or hydroxide is essential to surviving in the lithium industry in the coming years, market participants said at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday June 11.
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13 June 2019
Nuances in demand require tailored approach to producing lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate, delegates said at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Santiago.
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12 June 2019
China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) showed sluggish growth in May 2019 compared with previous four months, while lithium prices weakened because of quiet buying activity.
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12 June 2019
Use of lithium-ion batteries containing more than 60% nickel is growing but will not dominate for the next few years, delegates at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Santiago said.
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11 June 2019
Fastmarkets has been pricing lithium for more than 30 years and other metals, mining and forest product markets for over 100 years.
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11 June 2019
Government incentives for electric vehicle (EV) production, which up until now have mostly been subsidies, are slowly starting to shift into supportive legislation for the sector, market participants said at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference on Monday June 10.
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10 June 2019
EV-inspired price volatility in lithium creates a need for risk management tools, the London Metal Exchange said
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10 June 2019
Fastmarkets and the London Metal Exchange will collaborate on a price benchmark for lithium and related risk-management tools.
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07 June 2019
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday June 6.
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07 June 2019
The price in China’s domestic market for battery-grade lithium carbonate moved down week on week on slow demand because of the forthcoming Dragon Boat Festival on June 7-9; prices in the rest of the world were stable.
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05 June 2019
Australian and Malaysian politicians are set to meet, with the future of rare earth miner Lynas likely to be top of the agenda.
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03 June 2019
Frac sand prices are weighed down by constraints on demand and ample supply, but prospects are better for the rest of the year, Zig Vitols says.