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September 2021
24 September 2021
Lithium carbonate prices in China surpassed those for lithium hydroxide in the week ended Thursday September 23, with spot availability still limited and demand firm.
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21 September 2021
The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is real and here to stay, providing fundamental support to the burgeoning lithium industry, according to panelists speaking at Fastmarkets' Lithium Supply & Markets conference 2021 in Las Vegas on Tuesday September 21.
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21 September 2021
Given the impetus to grow lithium supply, the industry could learn from mistakes made by oil and gas companies during the United States’ energy independence journey, a Cowen analyst said during Fastmarkets' Lithium Supply & Markets conference 2021 in Las Vegas.
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21 September 2021
Automakers will continue to use both lithium hydroxide and carbonate in their batteries going forward, but end consumer decisions will be driven by the sustainability profile of final products, according to market experts speaking at Fastmarkets' Lithium Supply & Markets conference 2021 in Las Vegas.
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20 September 2021
Recently launched futures contracts can help mitigate significant volatility in the lithium market, but in the long term it is supply shortages that will keep buyers awake at night, according to market experts speaking at Fastmarkets Lithium Supply & Markets conference 2021 in Las Vegas.
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20 September 2021
Traxys, a commodity trader headquartered in Luxembourg, has hired Martim Facada as it expands its global lithium trading business, the company announced on Monday September 20.
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17 September 2021
Lithium carbonate prices in China were at parity with those for hydroxide in the week ended Thursday September 16 amid lingering spot tightness for both battery-grade and technical-grade carbonate.
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16 September 2021
US-listed lithium producer Albemarle has reached an agreement with workers, ending the strike at the Salar de Atacama lithium facility in Chile, the company said on Wednesday September 15.
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14 September 2021
Standard Lithium Ltd it is undertaking a pilot project in southern Arkansas to test carbon-capture technology to reduce emissions, the company said.
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14 September 2021
Bids reached up to $2,240 per dry metric tonne (dmt) during Pilbara Minerals’ second spodumene concentrate auction held via its Battery Material Exchange (BMX) platform on Tuesday September 14, sources told Fastmarkets.
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10 September 2021
Battery-grade lithium hydroxide prices in Asia accelerated higher in the week ended Thursday September 9, while lithium carbonate prices were left playing catch-up.
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06 September 2021
Australian lithium producer Pilbara Minerals reported a 39% deposit increase in its Pilgangoora mine in Western Australia following its acquisition of Altura lithium operations, the company said on Monday September 6.
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03 September 2021
Technical-grade and battery-grade lithium carbonate prices in China recorded their strongest weekly gains of all time on Thursday September 2, according to Fastmarkets’ assessments, with the two now trading at parity against a backdrop of strong demand from the lithium iron phosphate battery (LFP) sector.
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02 September 2021
Chile’s Ministry of Energy & Mining has unveiled a national mining policy that will run until 2050, the Política Nacional Minera 2050, which sets out a series of initiatives intended to decrease the amount of water used by the country’s mining industry, as well as to increase transparency across the sector.
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August 2021
27 August 2021
Lithium prices in China continued to rise in the week to Thursday August 26, spurring gains across the globe despite limited spot activity overall.
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25 August 2021
A summary of Australia-listed lithium producer Orocobre’s financial and production results for the year ended June 30, 2021, announced on Wednesday August 25 and discussed at an earnings call on the same day.
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25 August 2021
Australian lithium producers Orocobre and Galaxy will rebrand as Allkem, trading under a ticket AKE on the Australian stock exchange from Thursday August 26, Orocobre said on Wednesday.
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25 August 2021
Shanghai-listed Hainan Mining says it will invest no more than 1.065 billion yuan ($164 million) for the construction of a 20,000-tonnes-per-year battery-grade lithium hydroxide plant in Dongfang Lingang Industrial Park in China’s Hainan province.
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20 August 2021
A summary of results for the lithium division of Chilean producer Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) for the second quarter of 2021, taken from its quarterly update published on Wednesday August 18.
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20 August 2021
Lithium prices in China rallied further in the week to Thursday August 19, with optimism over demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries continuing to boost sentiment.
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17 August 2021
US-listed lithium producer Albemarle is in formal negotiations with the Albemarle Salar Workers Union in an attempt to end their strike, the company’s spokesperson has told Fastmarkets.
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13 August 2021
Battery supply chain participants have prioritized securing lithium in the second half of 2021, but nickel has also been a headache for sourcing directors, who are less concerned about cobalt supplies, a Fastmarkets survey has found.
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13 August 2021
Australia-listed lithium miners Orocobre and Galaxy have gained the shareholders’ and court approvals that were necessary for their proposed merger, the companies announced on Friday August 13.
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13 August 2021
Lithium prices in China’s domestic market continued to rally in the week to Thursday August 12, with both traders and consumers along the battery supply chain actively topping up inventories despite this restocking usually taking place at the end of the month.
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09 August 2021
Australia-listed junior miner Core Lithium has signed a four-year binding offtake agreement with Chinese major Ganfeng Lithium, the companies announced Monday August 9.
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09 August 2021
Ganfeng Lithium said on Friday August 6 that its subsidiary, Jiangxi Ganfeng Battery Technology Co., Ltd, will invest $1.3 billion in two lithium battery projects with a combined annual production capacity of 15 gigawatt-hours (GWh).
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06 August 2021
Global lithium producer Albemarle, which is listed in the United States, is looking to acquire lithium conversion facilities in China, chief executive officer Kent Masters said during a conference call on Thursday August 5.
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06 August 2021
Battery-grade lithium prices in China’s domestic market continued to edge upward in the week ended Thursday August 5, while other global markets were steady with participants focused closely on the aftereffects of Pilbara Minerals’ inaugural spodumene concentrate auction that attracted higher-than-expected bids.
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05 August 2021
A summary of Canadian junior miner Lithium Americas’ results for the second quarter of 2021, released on Thursday August 5.
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04 August 2021
The spodumene price skyrocketed in July with tight availability posting challenges to lithium operations in China, while suppliers intended to negotiate the price more frequently in light of the price rally in the downstream chemical market.
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02 August 2021
Australia-listed Vulcan Energy Resources and car manufacturer Renault have signed a five-year lithium offtake agreement, the two companies said on Monday August 2.