Price sentiment in the boric acid market became more bullish ahead of the launch of Fastmarkets’ assessments for these products, participants said

Payables for black mass in the CIF South Korea market inched down in July from the year-to-date highs recorded in June

Alaska-based Graphite One announced on Monday July 29 that it has entered into a non-binding supply agreement with California-headquartered EV maker Lucid Motors to advance its Graphite One Project mission of planning a complete US domestic supply chain for advanced graphite materials

Major chemical company BASF is pausing its plans to build a large refinery for battery recycling in Spain due to sluggish adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the EU, the firm said late last week

Chinese cobalt metal prices plummeted on Friday July 26 to the lowest level since July 2016, which market participants attributed to a surge in production and weak downstream demand

China’s nickel sulfate prices dipped for a second consecutive week on Friday July 26 amid slow buying, while the global nickel sulfate price posted a third weekly decline on the falling London Metal Exchange nickel cash price

China’s lithium prices continued to trend downward amid weak demand and futures weakness over the week to Thursday July 25

Persistently high import volumes of lithium carbonate into China have intensified oversupply in the country's domestic market for the material at a time when demand remains weak, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday July 23

Fastmarkets spoke with Canada-based Northern Graphite CEO Hugues Jacquemin on North American graphite, the electric vehicle (EV) industry and the need for a North American supply chain on Wednesday July 17

Rapidly expanding capacity for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries in the United States and Canada has raised worries over the supply of raw materials to feed processors in the region, sources have told Fastmarkets