Clarification of methodology for battery-grade lithium hydroxide: pricing notice

Fastmarkets wishes to clarify details around the following aspects of the pricing methodology for MB-LI-0033 Lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price cif China, Japan & Korea, $/kg and MB-LI-0040 Lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price range exw domestic China, yuan/tonne.

To increase the transparency of our methodology, Fastmarkets clarifies that qualities of these two battery-grade lithium hydroxide assessments are both coarse.

You can find the updated methodology for lithium hydroxide here: https://www.fastmarkets.com/uploads/2025/05/fm-mb-lithium.pdf

To provide feedback on this clarification for the battery-grade lithium hydroxide methodology please contact Zihao Li by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Zihao Li, re: lithium hydroxide.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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