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Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per tonne on an ex-works China basis. Delivered prices are netted back.
Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets’ price assessment for lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot price range exw China, yuan/tonne.
Fastmarkets lithium trade logs are available on a weekly basis after the weekly spot market assessments conducted every Thursday at 4pm.
As per our methodology, Fastmarkets takes into account minimum lot sizes of 5 tonnes to capture the price in the Chinese domestic spot market.
In addition to its weekly assessment, Fastmarkets also publishes a lithium index – a tonnage weighted average where the greatest weighting is given to concluded transactions.
The exchange rate on Monday August 17 was 37,000 yuan to $5,334.
Thursday August 20 – 37,000-41,000 yuan per tonne Offer reported at 41,000 yuan Offer reported at 40,000 yuan Offer reported at 40,000-42,000 yuan Offer reported at 38,000 yuan Price indicated at 38,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan Price indicated at 38,000yuan Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan Price indicated at 38,000-39,000 yuan Price indicated at 38,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000 yuan
Thursday August 13 – 37,000-41,000 yuan per tonne Offer reported at 41,000 yuan Offer reported at 38,000-40,000 yuan Offer reported at 40,000-41,000 yuan Offer reported at 40,000-42,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-39,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan Price indicated at 35,000-37,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-38,000yuan Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan Price indicated at 38,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan
Thursday August 6 – 37,000-41,000 yuan per tonne Offer reported at 41,000 yuan Offer reported at 39,000-40,000 yuan Offer reported at 40,000-42,000 yuan Offer reported at 40,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan Price indicated at 38,000-39,000 yuan Price indicated at 35,000-38,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-41,000yuan Price indicated at 38,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan Price indicated at 37,000 yuan Price indicated at 38,000 yuan
Learn more about Fastmarkets’ lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.