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December 2019
06 December 2019
Ron Mitchell, sales director at lithium producer Tianqi Lithium Corporation, has been appointed chairman of the London Metal Exchange’s lithium committee.
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06 December 2019
The pace of decline in the Chinese domestic battery grade lithium carbonate price has accelerated entering December with increasingly lower offer prices in the spot market from Chinese producers eager to destock in the week ended Thursday December 5.
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05 December 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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03 December 2019
With the lithium market performing poorly and prices falling, Argentinian miner Orocobre has slashed its target price for this month to preserve market share.
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November 2019
29 November 2019
Buyers are looking to secure lower 2020 prices after a downtrend n 2019 lasting 11 months - a trend that remained in place at the end of November.
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28 November 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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28 November 2019
The Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule has been updated to reflect the official announcement of public holidays in China for 2020.
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27 November 2019
The spot Chinese domestic lithium price continues to set the direction for the lithium market and has accelerated lower since the start of the third quarter alongside spot prices and realized prices that SQM and Orocobre received in the third quarter.
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26 November 2019
Most of Chile's mining sites are away from the main protest hubs in the cities, helping them avoid the brunt of the unrest that has been affecting the country since October.
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25 November 2019
Oversupply in the lithium market will continue into 2020, pushing prices lower, while iodine prices will move in the other direction and be “a couple of dollars higher” than in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the chief executive officer of Chilean miner SQM.
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22 November 2019
China’s domestic and the cif China, Japan and Korea battery-grade lithium compound prices all fell to fresh 2019 lows on Thursday November 21, which market participants attributed to subdued downstream demand and a negative short-term outlook.
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19 November 2019
Big-battery projects, such as the Hornsdale Power Reserve, are price supportive for lithium-ion batteries and related raw materials.
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15 November 2019
China’s domestic battery-grade lithium market remains under downward pressure, with lower offers for carbonate bringing the assessment down by 1.8% week on week on Thursday November 14, while the downtrend in Chinese prices is weighing on the seaborne Asia market, market sources said.
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15 November 2019
AMG's planned battery-grade lithium hydroxide facility in Germany will mainly process technical-grade material.
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14 November 2019
The approach of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2020 sulfur cap has sparked concern among international shipping companies, with many questioning how they will comply with the new regulation.
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12 November 2019
The reduction of subsidies for new energy vehicles (NEVs) in late June was the main factor weighing on Chinese NEV output and sales in October.
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08 November 2019
China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium compound prices tumbled week on week on Thursday November 7 after producers cut their offers to stimulate downstream buying, while the European and US carbonate price fell by $0.50 per kg after buyers faced little resistance to lower bids amid a well-supplied market.
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06 November 2019
Electric vehicle (EV) production growth in China has slowed over the second half of this year, dropping more quickly than the market expected, Houshan Bai, chairman of Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co, told delegates at a nickel and cobalt conference on Tuesday November 5.
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05 November 2019
Demand for lithium carbonate is probably fully covered until 2025, but the market could return to undersupply due to the current investor hesitance to invest in the lithium supply chain.
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04 November 2019
Albemarle's $1.3bn joint venture with Minerals Resources has been put in care and maintainance due to the low lithium price.
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01 November 2019
Spot prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China narrowed downward this week while those for lithium hydroxide gained some stability.
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01 November 2019
European battery production will more than double in the decade to 2025, according to industry association Eurobat. Jon Stibbs considers Europe’s political response to the growth of its battery sector.
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01 November 2019
Demand for lithium and cobalt will drive upward on a projected doubling in European battery output over the 10 years to 2025, but sustainability will be a major factor.
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01 November 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.