Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the methodology for its audited non-ferrous price assessments and indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process.

The future of Glencore and Li-Cycle’s major Italian hub for the recycling of key battery metals could be under threat after a request to fast-track the project was rejected by the regional government of Sardinia, southern Italy, according to a Glencore spokesperson

Fastmarkets wishes to clarify details around the following aspects of the pricing calendar for battery and technical grade lithium prices on a CIF China, Japan and Korea basis.

China’s lithium prices continued to decrease over the week to Thursday September 21 amid ongoing downward pressure from scarce spot demand and bearish sentiment, as well as weakening Chinese futures

September and October are usually peak demand months for Chinese markets, leading to them being coined “Golden September” and “Silver October”. However, demand may fail to meet traditional expectations in China’s lithium market this year

EnergyX expects that its five lithium refinery demonstration plants in North and South America will all be up and running within the next 12 months, bringing the company one step closer to commercialized direct-lithium-extraction (DLE) production, according to chief executive officer Teague Egan. Egan told Fastmarkets that the demonstration plants are being developed in: California’s […]

Brazil-headquartered spodumene producer Sigma Lithium, having recently completed its second successful commercial shipment, has formally become a target for merger and acquisitions, it revealed in a press release published on Wednesday September 13

The use of niobium as an additive in battery manufacturing could expand to provide as much as one-quarter of the revenues at leading global producer Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM) by 2030

Guest contributor, Ewa Manthey from ING Research, provides a comprehensive overview of how EV supply chains are being impacted by the surge in demand for battery raw materials

From insights into how the battery raw materials supply chain is changing to Albemarle's bullish view of lithium demand growth, Andrea Hotter speaks at length with Eric Norris about his life, career and where Albemarle is headed next