Underlying terms for contracts of spodumene are evolving for 2024 and beyond to address market volatility

Australian miner IGO Ltd will reset its spodumene concentrate offtake volumes pricing from the Greenbushes Operation every month, effective from January 1, 2024,

Australian spodumene producer Pilbara Minerals recorded an increase in spodumene sales in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, although realized prices fell, the company announced on Wednesday January 24

Market participants across the lithium value chain have been speculating over the price floor for spodumene, a key feedstock to produce lithium chemicals, amid sustained weakness in prices

Learn more about the growth in lithium hydroxide futures contracts at the CME for January 2024

Payables for black mass (shredded and sorted lithium-ion batteries) in the European domestic market continued to drop in the week to January 15 amid weak demand and abundant supply

Stardust Power Inc is to build a battery-grade lithium refinery in Oklahoma in the United States, with major construction starting later in 2024, the US-based company’s founder and chief executive officer told Fastmarkets

Major carmaker Mercedes-Benz has deepened its plans to expand operations in Europe’s lithium-ion battery recycling space with the order of a new hydrometallurgical plant to recover battery metals from black mass

Lithium-ion battery recyclers must resist short-term thinking and hold their nerve to navigate the challenges facing their sector, Elliott Ethridge, vice president of global sales at major recycling firm Ecobat, told Fastmarkets in an interview

China’s lithium prices resumed their downtrend in the week to Thursday December 21 amid continued tepid appetite from consumers, with a softening futures market contributing to further weakness in the spot market, sources told Fastmarkets