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October 2019
18 October 2019
China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium compound prices softened this week, attributed to widespread negative short-term sentiment due to slow downstream buying.
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18 October 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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16 October 2019
China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) showed a third consecutive month of negative growth in September 2019 after the ending of subsidies in late June. Lithium prices remained soft and under downward pressure.
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16 October 2019
Fastmarkets welcomed leading players from the world’s battery makers as well as producers of raw materials to its first European battery event, held in Amsterdam, for insight and discussion on the anticipated surging growth in the market.
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15 October 2019
Uranium One Group is looking to take a stake of as much as 51% in Wealth Minerals' lithium project in Chile's Atacama region, which would include an offtake agreement for all of the output.
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14 October 2019
Here are four things we learned at the Antaike Lithium Conference 2019 in Suining, in China’s Sichuan province, on Friday October 11.
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14 October 2019
Although the lithium industry is struggling through a sluggish period at the moment, increased demand will be driven by expansion in the use of new energy vehicles, energy storage and 5G networks over the next five years.
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11 October 2019
China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate prices held steady this week after the Golden Week national holiday on October 1-7, and lithium hydroxide prices were also flat due to a lack of domestic buying.
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10 October 2019
Lithium has traditionally been considered a specialty chemical, but it has been acting more like a commodity in recent years, according to analysts - a development sparked by the growth of the Chinese industry and increased quality expectations.
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02 October 2019
Fastmarkets rounds up six key takeaways from its first Battery Materials Europe conference in Amsterdam, which took place on September 26-27.
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September 2019
27 September 2019
A benchmark price is needed in the lithium industry, Pertti Lamberg, the CEO at Finnish lithium company Keliber, said at the Battery Materials Europe conference.
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27 September 2019
The Chinese domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate market temporarily halted its downtrend on Thursday September 26 in the run-up to the National Day holiday (October 1-7), while the lithium hydroxide price in China held week on week on limited transactions in the spot market.
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27 September 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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26 September 2019
Fastmarkets outlines some of the key topics likely to dominate discussions when participants of the battery raw materials and electric vehicle supply chain gathers in Amsterdam this week.
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25 September 2019
Swedish battery maker Northvolt ETT has signed a long-term supply agreement for lithium hydroxide supplies with China’s Tianqi Lithium.
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23 September 2019
China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) continued their negative growth in August 2019 following its first negative growth in July, while lithium prices remained under downward pressure with lower prices maintained in the spot market.
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23 September 2019
Demand for passenger cars in Europe fell 8.38% year on year in August 2019, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said this week.
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20 September 2019
Spot prices for lithium in China moved down this week due to lower prices amid ample supply, while the seaborne Asian lithium market also declined with increasingly lower prices reported.
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13 September 2019
Spot prices for battery-grade lithium hydroxide in China were down this week due to ample availability of the material and a lack of significant demand ahead of national holidays in the country to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival (September 13-15).
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06 September 2019
China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate price narrowed downward in the week ended Friday September 6 with most deals concluded at lower end of Fastmarkets’ published range, while those few deals struck at higher rates were done so on credit terms.
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02 September 2019
China’s exports of lithium carbonate fell in July 2019 on an annual basis due to summer slowdown, while lithium hydroxide exports were up due to increasing demand from overseas buyers.