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May 2019
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
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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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
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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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.