Lithium pricing news

• January 2019

  GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Lunar New Year slowdown restricts price movements; seaborne markets anticipate further weakness

  18 January 2019

  China’s domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices were unchanged week on week on Thursday January 17 due to slow market activity ahead of Chinese New Year, while technical and Industrial grade lithium carbonate prices moved down slightly on supplier destocking.

• Trade log January 2019: Lithium

  18 January 2019

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

• China starts 2019 NEV subsidy policy talks; NEV output up 60% in 2018

  14 January 2019

  China's 2019 new energy vehicle (NEV) subsidy policy is still being worked out, and the general principle is to avoid large fluctuations in the industry after all NEV subsidies cease in 2021.

• GLOBAL LITHIUM WRAP: Chinese battery-grade carbonate price flat; hydroxide market dips in New Year

  04 January 2019

  The Chinese domestic spot battery-grade lithium carbonate price was unchanged this week, while Chinese lithium hydroxide and seaborne battery grade lithium carbonate prices fell on deals done at lower levels.