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December 2019
26 December 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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20 December 2019
A lack of trading activity in the lithium market led Chinese producers to lower their sales prices ahead of the year-end break, and China’s domestic lithium carbonate market dropped by 4% on Thursday December 19, while in Europe and the United States prices were unchanged.
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19 December 2019
All Fastmarkets prices and premiums due to be published at 4pm London time on Thursday December 19 were delayed due to a technical error.
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13 December 2019
China’s domestic lithium carbonate price weakened in the week to Thursday December 12, while the rest of the world’s battery-grade lithium prices held steady due to thin buying activities on the spot market.
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06 December 2019
The pace of decline in the Chinese domestic battery grade lithium carbonate price has accelerated entering December with increasingly lower offer prices in the spot market from Chinese producers eager to destock in the week ended Thursday December 5.
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November 2019
29 November 2019
Buyers are looking to secure lower 2020 prices after a downtrend n 2019 lasting 11 months - a trend that remained in place at the end of November.
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28 November 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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28 November 2019
The Fastmarkets holiday pricing schedule has been updated to reflect the official announcement of public holidays in China for 2020.
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22 November 2019
China’s domestic and the cif China, Japan and Korea battery-grade lithium compound prices all fell to fresh 2019 lows on Thursday November 21, which market participants attributed to subdued downstream demand and a negative short-term outlook.
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15 November 2019
China’s domestic battery-grade lithium market remains under downward pressure, with lower offers for carbonate bringing the assessment down by 1.8% week on week on Thursday November 14, while the downtrend in Chinese prices is weighing on the seaborne Asia market, market sources said.
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08 November 2019
China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium compound prices tumbled week on week on Thursday November 7 after producers cut their offers to stimulate downstream buying, while the European and US carbonate price fell by $0.50 per kg after buyers faced little resistance to lower bids amid a well-supplied market.
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04 November 2019
Albemarle's $1.3bn joint venture with Minerals Resources has been put in care and maintainance due to the low lithium price.
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01 November 2019
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01 November 2019
Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.