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May 2019
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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24 May 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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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.
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April 2019
30 April 2019
Tianqi Lithium has reported a decrease in profits in the first quarter of 2019 due to lower lithium prices and high interest payments on M&A loans.
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30 April 2019
Pilbara Minerals declares commercial levels of production of lithium spodumene concentrate effective from April 1, with production ramping up in the January-March quarter although sales were down due to the effects of Cyclone Veronica.
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30 April 2019
Australia's Altura Mining has completed stage-one commissioning at its Pilgangoora mine, thereby increasing lithium spodumene concentrate output in the January-March quarter, the company said this week.
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29 April 2019
Alliance Mineral and Jiangxi Special Electric Motor have signed a non-binding MoU to jointly produce and sell battery-grade lithium hydroxide.
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26 April 2019
Lithium spodumene prices have fallen by 30.48% over the past year, dragged down by the lower lithium prices in China.
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26 April 2019
The Chinese domestic technical & industrial grade lithium carbonate price edged up in the week to Thursday April 25 on increasing demand and squeezed supply due to maintenance work carried out by some producers in China; other spot lithium prices were steady to lower.
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25 April 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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24 April 2019
Umicore says its previous projections for cathode materials sales will be achieved with a delay of up to 18 months.
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18 April 2019
China’s domestic battery-grade lithium spot market held steady week on week on Thursday April 18 on stable demand from downstream cathode producers, while rest-of-world prices continued to stagnate on weak spot consumption and ahead of the Easter holiday starting on Friday.
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17 April 2019
Lithium producer Orocobre reported lower lithium carbonate prices achieved in the March quarter, reflecting weakening spot prices globally and in China.
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15 April 2019
There were seven main points for participants in the lithium market to take away from the Battery Materials conference, hosted by Fastmarkets in Shanghai on April 10-12 this year.
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15 April 2019
China’s output and sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) continued to rise in March 2019, supported by the development of the NEV sector.
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12 April 2019
China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate market stabilized on Thursday April 11 after a slight decrease last week following a cut to the country’s value-added tax (VAT) on April 1, while the battery-grade lithium hydroxide price edged down due to deals reported at lower prices.
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12 April 2019
NCM lithium-ion batteries are favored for their higher driving range and energy density electric vehicles that the subsidies promote.
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11 April 2019
Growing demand for lithium compounds used in lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries such as lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide over the past three years has led lithium producers to expand total production whilst diversifying their investments in different lithium operations to ramp-up production faster and diminish asset risk.
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11 April 2019
High prices and volatility have increased the appeal of lower-cobalt battery chemistries or cobalt-free battery technology, such as solid-state batteries in electric vehicles.
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09 April 2019
Key talking points across the battery raw materials markets ahead of Fastmarkets’ second annual Battery Materials Conference, taking place this week in Shanghai, China.
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08 April 2019
Alliance Mineral raised the production of lithium spodumene from its Bald Hill mining operations in Australia by 68% quarter on quarter in the first three months of 2019.
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05 April 2019
Volkswagen Group has reached a memorandum of understanding with lithium producer Ganfeng Lithium for long-term lithium supply.
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05 April 2019
Canada-based miner Sigma Lithium Resources has signed a deal with Mitsui & Co. to raise a significant amount of the capital expenditures it needs to construct the concentration plant at its spodumene operations in Brazil, the company said on Friday April 5.
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05 April 2019
China’s domestic lithium carbonate spot market moved down this week after the lower value added tax (VAT) that came into effect on April 1 alongside the Tomb Sweeping holiday in China, while lithium prices in other global markets were stable week on week.
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03 April 2019
South Korean battery maker SKI and cathode maker Ecopro have signed strategic supply agreements for lithium hydroxide with a major Chinese lithium producer.
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03 April 2019
The waste water produced as a byproduct of oil and gas drilling is a valuable source - it is already a major source of US iodine - says the USGS and it has the potential to open up domestic lithium operations.
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03 April 2019
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03 April 2019
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03 April 2019
SQM will restrict part of its sales of lithium this year to build up stocks of the metal for strategic purposes, its chief executive said.
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02 April 2019
The threshold for electric vehicles (EVs) to receive subsidies in 2019 has been increased again while the value of subsidies has been cut sharply, which was expected by the majority of market participants who are now cautiously checking the resulting impact on the battery supply chain.
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01 April 2019
Ganfeng will invest $160 million to increase its ownership to 50% in a lithium joint venture with Lithium Americas.