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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 March 25 was 72,000 yuan to $10,716.
Thursday March 28 – 72,000-80,000 yuan per tonne Sale of 30 tonnes at 80,000 yuan Sale indicated at 80,000 yuan Purchase indicated at 76,000-78,000 yuan Offer indicated at 75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-80,000 yuan Price indicated at 78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-74,000 yuan
Thursday March 21 – 72,000-80,000 yuan per tonne Sale of 20 tonnes at 80,000 yuan Purchase indicated at 76,000 yuan Sale of 5 tonnes at 75,000 yuan Purchase of 5 tonnes at 74,000 yuan Sale of 5 tonnes at 72,000 yuan Offer indicated at 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 71,000-76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000 yuan
Thursday March 14 – 72,000-80,000 yuan per tonne Sale of 30 tonnes at 80,000 yuan Purchase indicated at 76,000-78,000 yuan Sale of 10 tonnes indicated at 75,000 yuan Offer of 20 tonnes at 78,000 yuan Offer of 5 tonnes at 74,000 yuan Deal heard at 74,000-75,000 yuan Deal heard at 71,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 76,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 75,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-78,000 yuan Thursday March 7 – 73,000-81,000 yuan per tonne Sale of 50 tonnes at 80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 77000 yuan per tonne for 5 tonnes. Prices indicated at 75,000-81,000 yuan Prices indicated at 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 75,000-81,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000-76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 75,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000-78,000 yuan Offer at 80,000-82,000 yuan Offer at 80,000 yuan
Learn more about Fastmarkets’ lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.