Trade log September 2020: Lithium carbonate, 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot price range, exw domestic China, yuan/tonne

Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.

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 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 September 21 was 37,000 yuan to $5,455.

Thursday September 24 – 37,000-41,000 yuan per tonne
Offer reported at 40,000-42,000 yuan
Offer reported at 42,000 yuan
Offer reported at 41,000yuan
Sale reported at 39,500-41,000 yuan
Purchase of 10 tonnes reported at 38,000 yuan
Purchase reported at 39,500-40,000 yuan
Purchase reported at 40,000 yuan
Purchase reported at 40,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 38,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan

Thursday September 17 – 37,000-41,000 yuan per tonne
Offer reported at 41,000 yuan
Offer reported at 40,000-42,000 yuan
Offer reported at 41,000-42,000 yuan
Offer reported at 41,000 yuan
Offer reported at 42,000 yuan
Offer reported at 41,000 yuan
Sale reported at 41,000 yuan
Purchase reported at 38,000 yuan
Purchase of 200 tonnes reported at 39,500-40,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-39,000 yuan

Thursday September 10 – 37,000-41,000 yuan per tonne
Offer reported at 41,000 yuan
Offer reported at 40,000 yuan
Offer reported at 41,000 yuan
Offer reported at 40,000 yuan
Sale reported at 39,500-40,500 yuan
Sale reported at 40,000-41,000 yuan
Deal heard reported at 39,000-40,000 yuan
Deal heard reported at 39,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 39,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000 yuan
Price indicated at 39,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan

Thursday September 3 – 37,000-41,000 yuan per tonne
Offer reported at 41,000 yuan
Offer reported at 40,000 yuan
Offer reported at 40,000-41,000 yuan
Offer reported at 40,000 yuan
Offer reported at 41,000 yuan
Sale reported at 39,000-40,000 yuan
Dear heard reported at 39,000-40,000 yuan
Purchase of 10 tonnes reported at 37,000 yuan
Price indicated at 38,000,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-41,000 yuan
Price indicated at 38,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000 yuan
Price indicated at 39,000-40,000 yuan
Price indicated at 37,000-38,000 yuan

Learn more about Fastmarkets’ lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.