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The critical materials used in manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS) play a vital role in our move towards a zero-carbon future.
Fastmarkets’ battery raw materials suite brings together the vital commercial insights, data and analytics that you need to help you make accurate forecasts, manage inventories and price risk, benchmark costs against your peers’ and balance the costs and benefits of sustainability.
Our customers get access to in-depth price data and short- and long-term forecasting and analysis for the following raw materials:
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Fastmarkets’ battery raw materials products give market participants and investors the transparency and clarity to make critical and strategic business decisions.
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Volatility was one of the main themes for cobalt prices in 2022 and market participants will take a wait-and-see approach toward long-term supply contracts in the coming year
US-based junior miner Piedmont Lithium has updated its supply agreement with electric vehicles (EV) maker Tesla to a floating price mechanism instead of the previous fixed-price contract, it said on Tuesday January 3
China has decided to remove its import tariff on cobalt metal (Harmonized System code 81052020), a move which is not expected to largely impact the domestic market due to weak demand for the metal, sources told Fastmarkets
An intense interest in lithium battery recycling in the US has grown in the past few years, driven by concerns over supply chains, national security, the environment and a growing interest in electric vehicles (EVs)
With global lithium-ion battery production forecast to grow significantly in the coming years, market participants in the global nickel industry are working on the most efficient way to produce nickel sulfate for lithium-ion battery cathodes
The European Union’s recently announced targets for battery recycling faces questions about whether there is enough recycling capacity and feedstock supply to meet the trade bloc’s goals in the coming years
Browse our resource hub for Fastmarkets’ battery raw materials insights and forecasts, as well as additional checklists and ebooks to complete your toolkit for success.
April 27-29, 2026 With rising demand for ESS and EVs, fast-growing black mass recycling, and accelerating non-China sourcing strategies, the Conference offers unmatched access to Asia’s fragmented BRM landscape.
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September 15-17, 2026 | Budapest, Hungary
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