Lithium pricing news

• June 2019

  Trade log June 2019: Lithium

  14 June 2019

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

• Growth in China’s NEV output slows in May, but up 17% year on year

  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.

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: China’s battery-grade carbonate price falls on slow buying activity ahead of Dragon Boat Festival

  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.

• May 2019

  Lithium spodumene, global contract prices down

  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.

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Seaborne Asian hydroxide price softens on buyer reticence; rest of world steady

  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.

• Trade log May 2019: Lithium

  31 May 2019

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

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Slow take-up of nickel-rich batteries weigh on Chinese hydroxide price; market shrugs off carbonate rebound

  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.

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Sluggish demand, ample stocks continues to weigh on Chinese market

  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.

• China’s lithium exports surge, imports fall in Q1

  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.

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Weak demand, ample stocks take toll on Chinese battery-grade hydroxide price

  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.

• PRICING NOTICE: Battery grade lithium prices now available in Fastmarkets MB Price Book

  03 May 2019

  Fastmarkets MB will start publishing six lithium prices, previously only available on its Battery Raw Materials Tracker, on Friday May 3.