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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 min 99.5% Li2CO3 battery grade, spot price range, ex-works China, yuan per tonne.
Fastmarkets lithium trade logs are available on a weekly basis every Friday 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 according to Oanda.com on Monday January 28 was 73,000 yuan to $10,815.
Thursday January 31 – 73,000-81,000 yuan per tonne Offer reported at 80,000-83,000 yuan Prices indicated at 83,000 yuan Prices indicated at 80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-82,000 yuan Prices indicated between 73,000-81,000 yuan Prices indicated between 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 73,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 72,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-76,000 yuan
Thursday January 24 – 73,000-81,000 yuan per tonne Purchase indicated at 72,000-73,000 yuan Offer reported at 80,000-83,000 yuan Deal heard reported at 73,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-85,000 yuan Prices indicated at 83,000 yuan Prices indicated at 80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-82,000 yuan Prices indicated between 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 73,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000-78,000 yuan
Thursday January 17 – 75,000-83,000 yuan per tonne 50 tonnes sold at 83,000 yuan Offer reported at 80,000-83,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-85,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-83,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-83,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-83,000 yuan Prices indicated at 80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 73,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-76,000 yuan
Thursday January 10 – 75,000-83,000 yuan per tonne 30 tonnes sold at 83,000 yuan 19 tonnes sold at 79,000 yuan 5 tonnes purchased at 76,000 yuan Offer reported at 80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-83,000 yuan Prices indicated between 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 73,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-78,000 yuan
Thursday January 3 – 75,000-83,000 yuan per tonne 50 tonnes sold at 83,000 yuan Sales reported at 80,000-83,000 yuan Offer reported at 80,000-83,000 yuan Prices indicated between 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-76,000 yuan
Learn more about Fastmarkets lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.