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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 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 May 25 was 41,000 yuan to $5,745.
Thursday May 28 – 41,000-44,000 yuan per tonne Offer reported at 41,000 yuan Offer reported at 43,000-44,000 yuan Offer reported at 44,000-45,000 yuan Deal concluded for 10 tonnes at 39,000 yuan Deals concluded for 250 tonnes at 41,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-44,000 yuan Price indicated at 40,000-41,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-44,000 yuan Price indicated at 42,500 yuan Price indicated at 41,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-42,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-43,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-42,000 yuan
Thursday May 21 – 41,000-44,000 yuan per tonne Offer reported at 43,000 yuan Offer reported at 44,000 yuan Offer reported at 45,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-43,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-42,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-43,000 yuan Price indicated at 45,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-43,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-43,000 yuan Price indicated at 39,000 yuan
Thursday May 14 – 41,000-44,000 yuan per tonne Offer reported at 43,000 yuan Offer reported at 45,000 yuan Offer reported at 44,000-45,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-44,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-43,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-44,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-44,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-43,000 yuan Price indicated at 41,000-42,000 yuan Price indicated at 39,500-40,000 yuan
Thursday May 7 – 42,000-45,000 yuan per tonne – Offer reported at 42,000-43,000 yuan – Offer reported at 44,000-45,000 yuan – Offer reported at 45,000 yuan – Offer reported at 45,000-48,000 yuan – Deal heard at 39,500-40,000 yuan – Price indicated at 43,000 yuan – Price indicated at 42,000-45,000 yuan – Price indicated at 42,000-43,000 yuan – Price indicated at 42,000-45,000 yuan – Price indicated at 42,000-43,000 yuan – Price indicated at 40,000 yuan
Learn more about Fastmarkets’ lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.