Lithium pricing news

• January 2021

  GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Chinese carbonate tightness supports first Asian seaborne market move in 18 weeks

  22 January 2021

  Tightness in the Chinese domestic battery grade lithium compound market drove further price upswings and supported a similar move up in the Asian seaborne lithium carbonate market in the week to Thursday January 21.

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: China carbonate price at 14-month high, hydroxide moves higher

  15 January 2021

  China’s domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate prices rose by 5.6% to a 14-month high on Thursday January 14, 2021 on tightening spot supply while battery-grade lithium hydroxide also surged by 10.3% week on week on low availability of cheap materials, Fastmarkets heard.

• CHINA AUTO: Output, sales rise in December but both down 2% in 2020

  14 January 2021

  Chinese automotive output and sales dipped by just 2% in 2020 from a year earlier after a sustained recovery in the second half of the year. Continuous year-on-year growth in December in both sales and output continued to provide support to upstream raw material prices.

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Domestic China carbonate price surges 8% on strong buying

  08 January 2021

  China’s domestic battery-grade lithium carbonate market hit a 14-month high in the first trading week of the year after the price rose by 8% week on week on Thursday January 7 on soaring offer prices and heightened buying appetite.