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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 domestic China, yuan/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 on Monday July 22 was 67,000 yuan to $9,734.
Thursday July 25 – 67,000-70,000 yuan per tonne Offer made at 70,000-71,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,500 yuan Sale of 30 tonnes indicated at 70,000 yuan Sale indicated at 68,000 yuan per tonne Sale of 5 tonnes indicated at 67,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000-70,000 yuan Prices indicated at 67,000-70,000 yuan Prices indicated at 67,000-70,000 yuan Prices indicated at 67,000-69,000 yuan Offer of 28 tonnes made at 68,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000 yuan Prices indicated at 67,000 yuan
Thursday July 18 – 67,000-72,000 yuan per tonne Offer of 30 tonnes made at 70,000-72,000 yuan Offer made at 71,000 yuan Sale of 10 tonnes indicated at 68,000-69,000 yuan Purchase of 15 tonnes indicated at 67,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000-71,000 yuan Prices indicated at 67,000-71,000 yuan Prices indicated at 67,000-71,000 yuan Prices indicated at 67,000-70,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000 yuan
Thursday July 11 – 68,000-73,000 yuan per tonne Offer indicated at 73,000 yuan Bid for 40 tonnes at 71,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-71,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000-70,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000-70,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000 yuan Prices indicated for 10 tonnes at 69,000 yuan Deal heard at 68,000-69,000 yuan Deal heard at 68,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000 yuan Prices indicated at 68,000 yuan
Thursday July 4 – 70,000-74,000 yuan per tonne Purchase of 10 tonnes indicated at 70,000 yuan Offer of 20 tonnes at 74,000 yuan Offer indicated at 73,000-74,000 yuan Offer indicated at 73,000 yuan Bid at 68,000-70,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000-74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-73,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-73,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-73,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000 yuan
Learn more about Fastmarkets’ lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.