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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 May 27 was 74,000 yuan to $10,722. Thursday May 30 – 74,000-78,000 yuan per tonne Sale indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Offer indicated at 78,000-79,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan
Thursday May 23 – 74,000-78,000 yuan per tonne Purchase of 20 tonnes indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Sale of 50 tonnes indicated at 78,000 yuan Offer indicated at 78,000-79,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-75,000 yuan
Thursday May 16 – 70,000-78,000 yuan per tonne Purchase of 300 tonnes indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Purchase of 30 tonnes indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Purchase of 10 tonnes indicated at 74,000 yuan Offer indicated at 70,000 yuan Prices indicated at 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan
Thursday May 9 – 70,000-78,000 yuan per tonne Offer indicated at 78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000 yuan
Learn more about Fastmarkets’ lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.