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Volatile battery raw material prices, varying battery chemistries and differing manufacturing costs result in cell prices that appear opaque and subjective. This makes it difficult for market participants to budget effectively, anticipate price changes, bring transparency to transactions and effectively track cost changes over time.
The Fastmarkets Battery Cost Index is an easy-to-use cost model for total cell costs, including cost breakdown of active anode material (AAM), cathode active material (CAM), separator, electrolyte, other materials, energy, labor and operational costs across multiple chemistries and geographies. The Fastmarkets Battery Cost Index provides historical costs, changes over time and cell cost forecasts.
Our battery cost index breaks down the cost, historical and forecast, for different cell types and chemistries
We buy cathode material; this is a valuable tool to help us to understand how suppliers cost the cathodes, this can help us to have more informed negotiations.
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A domestic price mechanism for lithium in the US is essential to bring transparency to the industry in order to successfully secure supply of the critical mineral, Graham Harris, chairman and director at Surge Battery Metals, told Fastmarkets in an interview.
Several Chinese lithium producers are considering production cuts or complete suspension to mitigate losses from high costs amid the ongoing lithium price decline and muted demand, sources told Fastmarkets.
Lithium metal batteries are set to give traditional lithium-ion technologies a run for their money and represent the holy grail of energy storage, according to the chief executive officer of US-based Pure Lithium.
Less than a year after launching, open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cobalt hydroxide futures contracts has reached 1,000 lots, an all-time high
Sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China overtook more conventional auto sales for the first time ever in July, accounting for more than half of all units sold during the month, according to the latest data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM)
The proposed amendments to the Section 301 tariffs applied by the US on imports of materials from China have prompted a flurry of feedback, including some on the timing and levels of proposed tariffs on graphite imports, Fastmarkets heard on Tuesday August 13
Read Fastmarkets’ monthly battery raw materials market update for August 2024, focusing on raw materials including lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and more
Slowing global demand for electric vehicles (EVs) seriously dented the second-quarter revenues of South Korea’s key battery producers, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 9
This paper, originally published in the Bayes Business School’s Commodity Insights Digest, explores the performance and trajectory of the lithium futures market, which emerged to manage price volatility in the booming lithium industry
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