Battery raw materials
Prices, news and analysis for the commodities used in EV and ESS batteries
The critical materials used in manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS) play a vital role in our move towards a zero-carbon future.
Fastmarkets’ battery raw materials suite brings together the vital commercial insights, data and analytics that you need to help you make accurate forecasts, manage inventories and price risk, benchmark costs against your peers’ and balance the costs and benefits of sustainability.
Our customers get access to in-depth price data and short- and long-term forecasting and analysis for the following raw materials:
- Lithium and spodumene
- Cobalt
- Black mass
- Manganese
- Graphite
- Nickel
- And more commodities used in the production of EVs and batteries, including rare earths, aluminium, copper and steel
We continue to expand our coverage as the global BRM market and the needs of the consumer evolve.
Fastmarkets’ battery raw materials products give market participants and investors the transparency and clarity to make critical and strategic business decisions.
Trade on market-reflective prices
Validate your price, supply and demand forecasts for 1-2 years in the future
Access critical long-term forecasts for the next 10-15 years
Gain a competitive edge in the emerging battery recycling market
Providing greater transparency into the cost of key Li-ion cell components
Enable risk management using futures contracts
Key prices
- Lithium Lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, contract price cif China, Japan & Korea, $/kg (MB-LI-0027)
- Lithium Spodumene min 6% Li2O, spot price, cif China, $/tonne (MB-LI-0012)
- Lithium Lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot prices cif China, Japan & Korea, $/kg (MB-LI-0029)
- Lithium Lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price cif China, Japan & Korea, $/kg (MB-LI-0033)
- Cobalt Cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam, $/lb (MB-CO-0005)
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