Rio Tinto’s major setback at its lithium development project in Serbia exposes the overall fragility of Europe’s outlook for bringing battery raw material sourcing closer to home

The publication of Fastmarkets’ daily seaborne Asian lithium prices for Tuesday January 25 was delayed due to a technical issue. The prices were assessed and published in our internal pricing system, MInD, at the correct time but did not show on the Fastmarkets dashboard or price book. Fastmarkets’ pricing database and price book have since […]

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

Electra Battery Materials Corp has signed a battery recycling and cobalt sulfate supply agreement with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp, the Canada-based company said

The suite of commodities contracts will include cobalt metal, cobalt hydroxide, lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide

Trading companies are concerned about the potential risk to their reputation and image while they form their strategies to capitalize on the business opportunities offered by energy transition efforts, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

This past year marked a spectacular recovery in lithium prices with the market rebounding into growth from the lows of 2020 and pushing lithium carbonate back to the forefront of the battery market

Total sales for the year will be above three million units, one million units higher than the market originally expected

Covid-19 pandemic was period of high highs, low lows for battery raw materials, copper, aluminium – 2022 looks set to be smoother year for prices, supply, demand

Following the 2021 Fastmarkets Lithium Supply & Markets event, head of commodity market research for base metals and battery raw material, Will Adams provides his no-nonsense view on what has happened and what lies ahead for the global lithium market