PRICING NOTICE: Proposal to extend consultation on amendments to lithium battery-grade price specifications

After market feedback, Fastmarkets is extending the consultation period for proposed amendments to its battery-grade lithium carbonate and hydroxide price specifications, to better reflect the emerging norms in battery-grade chemistry.

The original consultation, which started on April 22 and can be found here, was originally scheduled to end on May 22, but will now end seven days from the date of this notice on Friday May 29.

The amendments will then take place, subject to market feedback, on June 1.

To provide feedback on these specification amendments or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact the price reporters Dalila Ouerghi or Carrie Shi by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading ‘FAO: Dalila Ouerghi/Carrie Shi) re: amendments to lithium battery-grade specifications.’

To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/about-us/methodology.

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