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August 2019
23 August 2019
SQM lithium revenues dropped by nearly 25% in the second quarter on lower prices achieved in China, while the company anticipates lower prices in the third quarter.
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23 August 2019
Australia-based lithium miner Orocobre has secured funding for a planned expansion at its site in Argentina, despite forecasting a drop in lithium prices over the current quarter.
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23 August 2019
China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices concluded at lower prices on high material inventory in China and lower prices from small-sized producers and traders trying to boost sales amid the price downtrend, while prices in the rest of the world prices sat unchanged.
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23 August 2019
South Korean battery maker LG Chem has signed a long-term supply agreement for lithium hydroxide with Chinese major Tianqi Lithium.
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23 August 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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16 August 2019
Chinese domestic battery-grade lithium compound prices held in low ground in the week to Thursday August 15, but the pace of decline has slowed after some downstream demand returned.
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14 August 2019
Alita has put a voluntary halt on securities trading due to falling lithium prices and is negotiating lithium spodumene offtake agreements and financing with its lenders.
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12 August 2019
Revenue at lithium producer Livent increased in the second quarter of 2019 on higher volumes of lithium compounds sold, which offset the lower prices achieved.
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12 August 2019
China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) decreased month on month in July 2019, while lithium prices continued their downtrend on quiet buying activities.
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12 August 2019
Albemarle has put its lithium production expansion plans on hold due to current market oversupply and lower prices, Luke Kissam, the company chief executive officer said.
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09 August 2019
A flurry of lower offers from eager producers of battery grade lithium carbonate in China found little interest from downstream buyers in the week ended Thursday August 8, causing the price to fall again, while quiet markets in other regions kept assessments unchanged.
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07 August 2019
A growing trade spat in East Asia could disrupt the trade in lithium cobalt batteries, flurochemicals, and minor metals.
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06 August 2019
Orocobre and Toyota announced the start of construction at its Naraha lithium hydroxide plant in Japan.
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05 August 2019
Lower lithium prices have prompted Albemarle and Mineral Resources to revise the terms of their proposed joint-venture project to develop the Wodgina lithium mine.
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05 August 2019
China’s exports of lithium carbonate and hydroxide rose in the first half of 2019 while imports fell due to cheaper domestic prices and plentiful supply.
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02 August 2019
Altura reached a binding offtake agreement on Thursday August 1 to supply Guangdong Weihua Corp with 50,000 tonnes per year of lithium spodumene concentrate.
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02 August 2019
US President Donald Trump said additional tariffs against China will come into force at the start of September.
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02 August 2019
China’s lithium market continued to move down on ample availability of material and depressed demand, leading the battery-grade lithium hydroxide spot price to sharply fall over the week to August 1.
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July 2019
31 July 2019
Battery raw materials producer Umicore continues to expect stable or falling income in 2019, with the sector under pressure from reforms of the subsidy system in China.
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30 July 2019
Altura Mining reported higher lithium spodumene production in the three months to June, while maintaining its position as a low-cost producer.
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26 July 2019
China’s lithium market reached weaker prices over the week to Thursday July 25 on slow market activity, while most cathode makers have reduced output over the summer period and limited reports of transactions on the spot market.
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26 July 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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24 July 2019
Lithium producer Orocobre increased production by 12% quarter on quarter in April-June, but achieved prices down by 13% on average because of lower domestic Chinese prices.
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24 July 2019
Fastmarkets lithium reporters consider why Chinese average marginal tonnage has prompted market participants to rethink their business practices and why the domestic spot price in China is becoming increasingly more relevant as the price proxy for the lithium industry.
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24 July 2019
The Argentinian government will back moves toward price transparency in the lithium market, a senior official in the ministry of mining development has told Fastmarkets.
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19 July 2019
Battery-grade lithium prices in China decreased further in the week ending Thursday July 18 due to unimproved downstream demand, while most buyers were in no rush to buy more material due to current reduced cathode and battery production in China, buying only on a hand-to-mouth basis.
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17 July 2019
Galaxy increased lithium spodumene production by almost 35% quarter on quarter while reducing production costs by 25.60%, the company said on Tuesday July 16.
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15 July 2019
Fastmarkets reporters present six main takeaways from the Lithium-ion Battery & Material Supply Chain conference hosted by Shanghai Xinluo Network Technology in Qiandaohu, China, on July 11-12.
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12 July 2019
Alliance Mineral's spodumene production rose slightly quarter on quarter in the three months to June 2019.
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12 July 2019
China’s battery grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices hit fresh 2019 lows in the week ended Thursday July 11 with more producers lowering prices to boost sales amid subdued downstream demand and a negative short-term outlook.
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11 July 2019
With Argosy's chemical process tested and proven to produce 99.5% lithium carbonate, the Australian junior is poised to become the next lithium compound producer from brine in South America.
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10 July 2019
China’s output of new energy vehicles (NEVs) continued to rise in the first half of 2019 year on year, with data showing a greater increase in June 2019 after slow annual growth in April and May. Lithium prices were under downward pressure from sluggish demand.
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10 July 2019
Australia’s Pilbara Minerals expects production and sales of lithium spodumene concentrate to return to full capacity in the fourth quarter of 2019 and has secured a new offtake agreement with the Chinese Great Wall Motor Co.
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10 July 2019
Altura reached a binding five-year offtake agreement on July 9 to sell 35,000 tonnes per year of lithium spodumene concentrate to Chinese lithium converter Shandong Ruifu, while Altura and Shaanxi J&R Optimum Energy have terminated their existing offtake deal.
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09 July 2019
Global governments are shifting their focus from incentives toward electric-vehicle production to legislation that will push the changeover from internal-combustion vehicles, and China is leading the way.
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09 July 2019
The flexibility to produce either lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide will be essential, as will close co-operation with end-users, while lithium-ion battery technology develops and hydroxide overtakes carbonate as the preferred choice.
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08 July 2019
Fastmarkets has been pricing lithium for more than 30 years and other metals, mining and forest product markets for over 100 years.
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08 July 2019
The Australian company said it will restrict lithium output due to delays in the commissioning of chemical conversion capacity in China.
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08 July 2019
Fastmarkets and the London Metal Exchange will collaborate on a price benchmark for lithium and related risk-management tools.
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08 July 2019
New lithium projects are falling short of expected consumption, meaning demand could soon outpace supply.
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05 July 2019
China’s lithium market remained sluggish this week, which market sources attributed to the conclusion of the transition period for the new energy vehicles (NEV) subsidy forecasts of declining demand for lithium in the short term.
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03 July 2019
Chinese lithium carbonate imports rose strongly in April-May when buyers picked up material because of attractive prices.
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01 July 2019
Ganfeng Lithium has signed an investment and offtake agreement with Bacanora Lithium to accelerate Bacanora’s stage 1 lithium production.