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April 2021
16 April 2021
The spodumene import price in China has been skyrocketing since the beginning of 2021 following a pickup in customer inquiries and tight availability of the raw material since Altura Mining's assets were taken off the market.
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16 April 2021
A summary of Australian lithium miner Orocobre’s results for the first quarter of 2021, released on Wednesday April 14.
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16 April 2021
Concerns over South American producers' capacity to meet demand expectations for 2021 aggravated the lingering tight availability of battery-grade lithium compounds in the Asian seaborne market in the week to Thursday April 15.
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13 April 2021
Chinese automotive production jumped by 71.6% annually in March to 2.462 million units, providing strong support for upstream metal prices.
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12 April 2021
A summary of Australia-based spodumene concentrate miner Galaxy Resources’ preliminary results for the first quarter of 2021, released on Monday April 12.
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09 April 2021
The one-month border closure and tightened restrictions in Chile are not likely to impact the lithium operations in the country, two incumbent producer sources told Fastmarkets.
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09 April 2021
Lithium prices across the globe have been moving up slowly over the week to Thursday April 8 while the market is keeping an eye on the potential impact of fresh new market restrictions in Chile, sources told Fastmarkets.
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08 April 2021
Fastmarkets has partnered with the CME Group to launch a cash-settled lithium futures contract that will be settled against Fastmarkets’ assessment for lithium hydroxide battery grade, spot price cif China, Japan & Korea, the exchange announced on Thursday April 8.
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07 April 2021
Mining group Rio Tinto has started production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a demonstration plant located at a Boron mine site in California, in the United States, the company said on Wednesday April 7.
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07 April 2021
Tesla delivered 184,800 electric vehicles (EV) in the first quarter of 2021 despite a shortage of computer chips that has crippled the global auto industry, the world’s biggest EV maker said on Friday April 2.
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07 April 2021
China-based nickel and stainless steel producer Tsinghshan Holding Group will invest 10.3 billion yuan ($1.57 billion) to build a lithium-ion battery plant in the southern China province of Guangdong, it said on April 1.
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05 April 2021
Global lithium markets were generally firm in the week ended Thursday April 1, with domestic Chinese prices rising on fresh restocking by consumers after having been stable for a couple of weeks.
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01 April 2021
A summary of China-headquartered Ganfeng Lithium’s 2020 annual report, released by the company on Wednesday March 31.