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March 2019
20 March 2019
Neometals has sold its 13.8% equity interest in the Mount Marion lithium project to Ganfeng Lithium and Mineral Resources Limited.
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20 March 2019
Output and supply from Syrah’s Balama graphite operation in Mozambique have not been affected by Cyclone Idai, the company said.
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20 March 2019
The two-tier market structure in the price of dried chromite materials continues to widen, with aggressive offers from new entrants to the sector pulling the low end downwards.
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19 March 2019
Global seaborne antimony trioxide prices were steady week on week on March 19, but domestic European and US prices softened because of the continuing low levels of demand.
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19 March 2019
The number of new passenger car registrations in the EU decreased by only 0.96% year-on-year in February 2019.
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19 March 2019
UK customers have increased orders of natural graphite on mounting uncertainty of trade agreements after the UK leaves the European Union.
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18 March 2019
Pilbara Minerals intends to produce battery-grade lithium chemicals in South Korea through a joint venture with Posco.
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15 March 2019
The Chilean lithium miner can now proceed with a two-phase plan to more than double domestic capacity over the next few years after local authorities gave the go-ahead.
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15 March 2019
Chinese domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices edged down this week in a quiet market, while the seaborne lithium carbonate assessment dropped by 3.8% on material offered at lower levels from China and South America.
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15 March 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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14 March 2019
The miner achieved lower than expected average prices in the quarter, but remains optimistic as output increases.
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14 March 2019
The controlled power outages could hit production at high-electricity users, including ferro-chrome smelters, and push prices up as a result.
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13 March 2019
Chinese output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) have continued their uptrend in February 2019.
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12 March 2019
Chilean miner SQM expects to increase its sales volumes of lithium compounds by 2025 to 150,000 tonnes per year, with production capacity also rising to 180,000 tpy, spurred by growing demand.
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11 March 2019
The exchange's new contracts - backed by Fastmarkets prices - will give market participants an additional way to hedge.
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08 March 2019
The market for extremely pure alumina is set to more than double in the next five years due to the growing electric vehicle (EV) sector, Altech claims.
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08 March 2019
China’s domestic spot lithium carbonate market was stable this week, with most producers unwilling to lower their prices and lithium hydroxide prices still on a downtrend due to a lack of interest from downstream buyers.
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06 March 2019
Oil and gas drilling waste water, which is already a major source of iodine in the United States, could open up domestic lithium operations.
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04 March 2019
Lynas will be unable to meet Malaysian rules on waste management at its rare earth plant in Kuantan, Fastmarkets IM has learned.
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01 March 2019
Chilean miner SQM plans to hold back more than 10,000 tonnes of lithium in 2019 to build up its strategic stockpile.
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01 March 2019
The Chinese domestic lithium hydroxide price fell by 1.5% on Thursday February 28 due to unimproved downstream demand while the lithium carbonate market was steady week on week after most producers stood firm on offer prices.
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01 March 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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February 2019
26 February 2019
Japanese carmaker Honda has set itself an ambitious target that hybrid electric vehicles will make up half of its output by 2030, while sourcing its raw materials responsibly and seeking transparency in the market for cobalt for use in batteries.
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26 February 2019
The growth in demand for electric vehicles has pushed Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic to investigate investments in battery raw materials, but this will not include the purchase of a mine.
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26 February 2019
The miner's Pilgangoora mine is now operating at 85% capacity.
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26 February 2019
The nascent fracking industry in the United Kingdom is facing stringent controls on road traffic and seismic activity, stalling a potential increase in demand for sand.
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26 February 2019
Share prices across lithium producers have been dwindling, although bullish demand from consuming markets continues to drive long-term projections.
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22 February 2019
The domestic Chinese battery-grade lithium hydroxide spot price fell by more than 3% in the week to Thursday February 21 although the carbonate assessment held firm – a pattern that was reversed in the seaborne market, where the carbonate price dropped week on week and the hydroxide price was steady.
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21 February 2019
Canada’s North American Lithium has halted lithium spodumene production temporarily because of the fall of $200 per tonne in prices for the commodity in the Chinese market over the second half of 2018.
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20 February 2019
China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) has stayed on an uptrend in early 2019. China’s lithium prices were steady in a quiet market, however, with most major buyers taking a watchful attitude to the market.
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19 February 2019
Producer Livent has announced its intention to resume the lithium carbonate contract arbitration process with miner Nemaska that was started in July 2018.
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18 February 2019
Ahead of Fastmarkets’ Battery Materials 2019 conference in Shanghai, our lithium reporters talk about the hottest topics in the lithium industry in China and the Asian market.
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18 February 2019
The number of new passenger car registrations in the EU decreased by 4.62% year-on-year in January 2019, making it the fifth consecutive month of decline, the European Automotive Manufacturers Assn (ACEA) said on Friday February 15.
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15 February 2019
Nemaska Lithium will require an additional C$375 million to cover the installation and indirect costs of a new lithium mine and processing plant in Quebec.
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15 February 2019
China’s domestic lithium spot market showed limited buying activity with prices unchanged in the first week after the Lunar New Year holiday, while transportation of lithium compounds has resumed and more market participants are due to return after the Lantern Festival next week.
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13 February 2019
Lithium producer Livent's revenue and income rose year on year supported by growth in global sales of electric vehicles.
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13 February 2019
The nascent fracking industry in the UK is facing stringent controls on road traffic and seismic activity, stalling a potential increase in demand for sand.
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08 February 2019
Key data from the February 7 pricing session in London.
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06 February 2019
Honda Motor Co Ltd aims to electrify around two-thirds of the vehicles it produces by 2030, an executive at the Japanese automaker said.
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06 February 2019
Japan’s Panasonic is considering investing in the upstream part of the battery raw materials industry in order to have better oversight of quality, pricing and supply chain responsibility, a company executive said.
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05 February 2019
Automaker Ford Motor Co has no current plans to take stakes in mining assets or secure direct offtake agreements with mining firms in order to produce batteries for electric vehicles, although it hasn’t ruled it out entirely.
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01 February 2019
To better reflect the growing frac sand market in the United States, Fastmarkets is adding three new Northern White Sand price assessments to track the finer mesh sizes now being used in the fracking industry.