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    What’s happening in the industrial minerals market?

    Spot prices for spodumene concentrate continued to post sharp gains over the past fortnight due to tight supply combined with continuously improving demand for downstream lithium chemicals amid booming electric vehicle demand worldwide

    This will take Northern Graphite from being a junior miner to a producer, although they will enter a relatively tight market

    Chinese battery makers are expected to consider increasing the proportion of natural graphite feedstock they use in anode material because of the fast-rising cost profile and availability issues affecting supplies of synthetic graphite

    The latest merger of rare earth producers in China shows that balance of power in this critical material sector is nowhere near where western governments would like it to be

    The battery-grade seaborne Asian lithium carbonate market continued to post gains over the week on Thursday May 6 amid tight spot availability.

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