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June 2019
19 June 2019
Fastmarkets has identified seven main takeaways on the lithium market from Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Santiago last week.
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18 June 2019
Pilbara Minerals will restrict its lithium production in June and July due to reduced demand in the second quarter of 2019 caused by delays in the commissioning of chemical conversion capacity by the company's key offtake partners in China.
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14 June 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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14 June 2019
China’s domestic lithium market remained weak over the week ended June 14, with lithium hydroxide prices drifting lower while the lithium carbonate market remained flat.
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13 June 2019
Chile's ministry of mining has been given a mandate to boost production of lithium in the country to meet the expected growth in demand over the next 10 years.
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13 June 2019
The flexibility to either produce lithium carbonate or hydroxide is essential to surviving in the lithium industry in the coming years, market participants said at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday June 11.
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13 June 2019
Global lithium demand could outpace supply in the coming years, with the number of new projects expected to fall short of expected consumption amid doubts on capital availability and low prices, market participants said on Tuesday June 11 at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference.
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13 June 2019
Nuances in demand require tailored approach to producing lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate, delegates said at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Santiago.
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12 June 2019
China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) showed sluggish growth in May 2019 compared with previous four months, while lithium prices weakened because of quiet buying activity.
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12 June 2019
Use of lithium-ion batteries containing more than 60% nickel is growing but will not dominate for the next few years, delegates at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference in Santiago said.
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11 June 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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11 June 2019
Government incentives for electric vehicle (EV) production, which up until now have mostly been subsidies, are slowly starting to shift into supportive legislation for the sector, market participants said at Fastmarkets’ 11th Lithium Supply and Markets Conference on Monday June 10.
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10 June 2019
EV-inspired price volatility in lithium creates a need for risk management tools, the London Metal Exchange said
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10 June 2019
Fastmarkets and the London Metal Exchange will collaborate on a price benchmark for lithium and related risk-management tools.
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07 June 2019
The price in China’s domestic market for battery-grade lithium carbonate moved down week on week on slow demand because of the forthcoming Dragon Boat Festival on June 7-9; prices in the rest of the world were stable.
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May 2019
31 May 2019
Lithium spodumene prices have fallen by 2.3% month on month on low carbonate and hydroxide prices in China, with global lithium contract prices also softening in reaction to the lower lithium price in China.
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31 May 2019
The cif China, Japan and Korea battery-grade lithium hydroxide price fell by 3.3% in the week to Thursday May 30 due to buyer reluctance at current prices, while the Chinese domestic lithium market held steady, with downstream consumers buying on a hand-to-mouth basis.
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31 May 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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29 May 2019
Fastmarkets looks at recent developments in the lithium industry and key topics likely up for discussion at 11th Lithium Supply & Markets conference in Santiago on June 10-12.
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28 May 2019
Lower lithium prices and higher lease payments to the Chilean development agency, Corfo, led to the reduction in lithium margins and dented SQM's performance in the first quarter of 2019, despite strong iodine and potassium chloride results.
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24 May 2019
China’s domestic lithium hydroxide market dropped by 2.3% on Thursday May 23 on a gloomy downstream demand outlook, while the lithium carbonate price adjusted upward and the rest of the global market followed the recent price downtrend in China.
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20 May 2019
Chinese producer Ganfeng Lithium will invest in Bacanora Lithium in exchange for an offtake deal to buy 50% of the Sonora project’s total stage 1 production.
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17 May 2019
European Investment Bank will lend €350 million ($391 million) to Northvolt for the construction of a gigafactory that could consume as much as 12,800 tpy of lithium compounds.
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17 May 2019
German car maker Volkswagen will partner with a battery producer to make its own cells in Lower Saxony.
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17 May 2019
Chinese domestic lithium prices were stable week on week on Thursday May 16 due to slow demand and sufficient stocks at hand, Fastmarkets learned.
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17 May 2019
Merger and acquisition activity in the lithium supply chain has caught the attention of investors who have caused share prices to jump for new and upcoming projects, while traditional producers have struggled with low product sales prices and an oversupplied market.
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15 May 2019
The merger of Lepidico and Desert Lion will create an integrated lithium hydroxide company to supply the battery industry.
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15 May 2019
China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) increased again in April 2019 although the rate of growth slowed compared with previous months.
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15 May 2019
Follow up on this year's Fastmarkets Battery Materials Conference in Shanghai with this comprehensive downloadable PDF that brings together the full coverage from the event.
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14 May 2019
Rainfall in January and higher production costs cut into Livent's revenues in the first quarter.
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13 May 2019
Australia’s Galaxy Resources achieved record production of lithium spodumene in April while also reducing the cash cost per tonne.
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13 May 2019
Long-term contracts shielded Albemarle from a global lithium price downturn in the first quarter of 2019.
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13 May 2019
China’s exports of lithium carbonate and hydroxide were up in the first quarter year on year due to more competitive prices offered from China compared with the rest of the world, while imports were down on an annual basis on a supply surplus within the country.
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10 May 2019
The Chinese domestic battery-grade lithium hydroxide price dropped by more than 5% week on week due to ample stocks and buyer reticence, while there was good demand for technical and industrial grade carbonate from lithium manganese oxide (LMO) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery manufacturers, supporting the price in the latest pricing session.
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03 May 2019
Fastmarkets MB will start publishing six lithium prices, previously only available on its Battery Raw Materials Tracker, on Friday May 3.
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03 May 2019
Global battery-grade lithium spot market prices moved sideways week on week while China, Japan and other countries were away from the market for public holidays.
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02 May 2019
Australia’s Wesfarmers has bid $546 million to acquire compatriot company Kidman Resources, a junior lithium spodumene producer, the company announced on May 2.
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01 May 2019
Australian lithium spodumene concentrate producer Mineral Resources has announced lower first-quarter spodumene production at its Mount Marion mine in Western Australia.