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The West entered the rare earths race late as countries in general were slow to act and now China is far ahead, Mineração Taboca executive manager Ronaldo Lasmar said in an interview with Fastmarkets.
The changes will also align with methodology changes to Fastmarkets’ benchmark price assessments for battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide, cif China, Japan & Korea. See the pricing notice here for more details. The changes are as follows: Battery-grade lithium hydroxide assessments 1. Fastmarkets will change the quality to “non-clumping and non-agglomerated coarse powder, widely qualified by buyers […]
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