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June 2021
16 June 2021
Chinese automotive production and sales figures both fell on a monthly and annual basis, although figures for new energy vehicles still increased, according to the data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
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16 June 2021
Junior miner Lithium Americas is on track to begin construction of its Thacker Pass project in the United States in early 2022, chief executive officer and president Jonathan Evans told Fastmarkets on Tuesday June 15.
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16 June 2021
The gap between lithium spot and contract prices have narrowed significantly in 2021, which is the result of tight availability along the lithium supply chain and price evolution, market sources said.
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15 June 2021
China lithium producer Ganfeng Lithium is acquiring a 50% stake in a special purpose company that owns the Goulamina hard-rock mine in Mali for $130 million, the company said on Tuesday June 15.
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14 June 2021
Canada-based Nouveau Monde plans to recycle its active anode graphite flake while developing its sustainable graphite project, company founder Eric Desaulniers has told Fastmarkets.
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11 June 2021
China’s Ganfeng Lithium has been authorized by the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission to issue around 48 million new shares overseas, the company said in a filing on Friday June 11.
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11 June 2021
Lithium prices were steady around the world in the week ended Thursday June 10, with both Asian, European and United States markets underpinned by tight availability.
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09 June 2021
Swedish battery maker Northvolt has announced the signing of a $2.75 billion private placement to expandthe capacity of its gigafactory in the country, Northvolt Ett, to 60GWh from 40GWh to meet increased customers’ demand, it said on Wednesday June 9.
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09 June 2021
Magnet demand will continue to drive the global rare earth market over the next decade, attendees at a Rare Earth Industry Association (REIA) webinar on the future of the sector heard on Thursday June 3.
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09 June 2021
China's Ganfeng Lithium will set up a joint venture to invest in and construct a lithium project with an annual output 50,000 tonnes of lithium salts in Fengcheng city, Jiangxi province, it said on Wednesday June 9.
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08 June 2021
The United States government has published a sweeping review of US supply chains, proposing measures to increase domestic production of a number of key minerals and products. These measures include a proposed tariff on neodymium magnet imports.
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04 June 2021
German-based carmaker Volkswagen Group is mulling the possibility of launching an initial public offering (IPO) for its new battery division, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Fastmarkets.
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04 June 2021
Graphite industry participants attending a conference held in the Chinese city of Qingdao in May were looking to create a new market place for “fake flake” graphite by improving trading transparency and the yield rate from spherical graphite.
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04 June 2021
Battery-grade lithium hydroxide prices in Asia moved up over the week ended Thursday June 3 against the backdrop of continued tight supply and firm buying appetite.
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04 June 2021
Australian spodumene producer Galaxy Resources has increased its full year production guidance for 2021 to 195,000-210,000 dry metric tonnes (dmt) of spodumene concentrate in response to strong demand, it said on Wednesday June 2.
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04 June 2021
Belgian metals and battery materials company Umicore plans to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, it said in a webinar on Wednesday June 2.
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04 June 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday June 3.
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02 June 2021
Graphite and battery anode company Talga Group has concluded two feasibility studies into the technical and commercial prospects of an anode refinery in the United Kingdom, the company said on Monday May 1.
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02 June 2021
South Korean industrial conglomerate Posco has completed a 15% equity investment in emerging graphite miner Black Rock Mining in exchange for $7.5 million, Black Rock said on Tuesday June 1.
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02 June 2021
Nations Technologies signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with South Korea-headquartered Posco Chemical this week to cooperate in the development of anode material used in lithium-ion batteries.
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01 June 2021
Industry participants attending the anode conference held in the city of Qingdao, in China’s Shandong province, at the end of May considered ‘green production’ to be the likely trend for spherical graphite production in the near future, amid Beijing’s growing efforts to bring in pollution controls.
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May 2021
28 May 2021
Junior miner Lithium Americas has commenced development planning for a second-stage expansion of lithium production capacity at the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina, it said on Friday May 28.
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28 May 2021
The markets for the lithium complex in Asia were mostly steady over the week ended Thursday May 27, except for the domestic Chinese market for lithium carbonate, which was under pressure due to rising supply and weaker demand.
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27 May 2021
Experts from the battery value chain shared their understanding and insights into lithium price evolution and the new lithium futures contract during a Fastmarkets’ webinar on Tuesday May 25.
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27 May 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 27.
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27 May 2021
Battery manufacturers in China have aggressively cut their orders for lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) cathode materials in the second quarter, with the move weighing on lithium and cobalt prices, market sources told Fastmarkets.
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25 May 2021
A summary of Australian lithium miner Orocobre’s results for the first quarter of 2021, released on Monday May 24.
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24 May 2021
Automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Co and South Korean energy conglomerate SK Innovation have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture to manufacture battery cells and energy storage arrays for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States, Ford said.
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24 May 2021
German chemical conglomerate BASF will acquire a 51% stake in China’s Hunan Shanshan Energy (Hunan Shanshan), a Chinese maker of lithium-ion battery materials that serves the battery materials’ market, it said on Friday May 21.
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24 May 2021
Small-flake graphite prices will be firm throughout the third quarter of 2021 due to spherical graphite market expansion amid sound development in the electric vehicle (EV) sector and low inventory, delegates from the supply side told Fastmarkets on the sidelines of an industry conference in Qingdao, China, on May 19-20.
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21 May 2021
A summary of Australian Stock Exchange-listed graphite producer Syrah Resources’ activity in 2020 and outlook for 2021, according to its annual general meeting on Friday May 21.
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21 May 2021
Battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices in China diverged over the week ended Thursday May 20, with the latter underpinned by persistent tight availability and robust demand in Asia.
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21 May 2021
A summary of results for the lithium division of Chilean producer Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) for the first quarter of 2021, taken from its quarterly update published on Wednesday May 19 and its earnings conference call on May 20.
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20 May 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 20.
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20 May 2021
The battery-grade lithium hydroxide price in the seaborne Asian market has been mostly at parity with its peer in the domestic Chinese market during May, with the former closely tracking the latter amid overall tight spot availability in the region.
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19 May 2021
Awareness and incorporation of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies within the graphite market is slowly developing, with take-up greater downstream - especially in the anode sector - and among developing companies, sources told Fastmarkets.
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17 May 2021
Major Chinese lithium producer Ganfeng Lithium has signed a memorandum of understanding with Argentina’s Mining Ministry and Jujuy provincial state for the development of a lithium-ion battery factory in the north of the country, Argentina’s government announced on Friday May 14.
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14 May 2021
Lithium prices in the seaborne Asian market continued their strong upward trajectory over the week to Thursday May 13 while the equivalent domestic market in China calmed from the strong momentum in the first quarter of 2021, sources said.
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13 May 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 13.
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13 May 2021
Chinese automotive production and sales’ figures both increased year on year, which provided support for most upstream battery raw materials prices, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said on Thursday May 12.
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12 May 2021
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has approved a draft inter-ministerial decree relating to the development of the Manono lithium and tin project by Australian miner AVZ, the company announced on Monday May 10.
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12 May 2021
A summary of United States-based lithium producer Albemarle’s results for the first quarter of 2021, as stated in its quarterly report published on Wednesday May 5.
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12 May 2021
Pilbara Minerals has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sydney-based technology company Calix Limited to jointly undertake a scoping study to evaluate a new refining process, the Australian lithium miner said on Tuesday May 11.
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11 May 2021
Canada-based miner Source Energy Services reported on Wednesday May 5 that frac sand demand was recovering slowly, although it remained below the levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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10 May 2021
South Star Mining has agreed an offtake agreement for 4,000 tonnes of natural flake for four years from its Santa Cruz Graphite project, the company said on Monday May 10.
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10 May 2021
The global mineral industry will have to rapidly scale up production to meet surging demand from the new energy sector, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.
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10 May 2021
China-based lithium producer Ganfeng Lithium has agreed to acquire Bacanora Lithium for up to £190 million ($264 million) via Shanghai Ganfeng, its wholly-owned subsidiary, according to a statement filed to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Friday May 7.
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07 May 2021
Construction work will restart in the near future at the Kniwana lithium hydroxide plant in Western Australia after Australia-based exploration and mining company IGO joined the venture at the end of 2020, a spokesperson at joint-owner Tianqi told Fastmarkets on Tuesday May 4.
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07 May 2021
The battery-grade seaborne Asian lithium carbonate market continued to post gains over the week on Thursday May 6 amid tight spot availability.
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07 May 2021
Chile’s lower house has voted to approve a controversial mining royalty bill that could see sales of copper taxed at a rate of more than 32%.
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07 May 2021
China-based lithium producer Ganfeng Lithium has agreed to acquire Bacanora Lithium for up to £190 million ($264 million) via Shanghai Ganfeng, its wholly-owned subsidiary, according to a statement filed to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Friday May 7.
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06 May 2021
Key data from the graphite pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Thursday May 6.
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05 May 2021
Lithium miner Livent has resumed its plans for capacity expansion with lithium demand continuing to recover, and on Monday May 3 the US-based company announced increased first-quarter revenues.
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04 May 2021
The CME Group’s cash-settled lithium futures contract, which is settled against Fastmarkets’ assessment of the spot price for battery-grade lithium hydroxide in China, Japan and South Korea, was traded for the first time on Monday May 3.
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03 May 2021
Eagle Graphite expects a drive for diversification of graphite supply in North America and Europe to ease its push to finance its flake project in Canada, Jamie Deith, the company's chief executive officer, told Fastmarkets.
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03 May 2021
Brazil-headquartered steelmaker Gerdau has launched a new subsidiary to supply ready-for-use, value-added graphene products and to develop new markets for the carbon allotrope in the Americas region, the company told Fastmarkets on Thursday April 15.