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Fastmarkets' toolkit for battery producers in a shifting market

Whether you’re in procurement, an analyst or working in corporate development in the battery materials supply chain, you need insights, forecasts and price data that you can trust. With Fastmarkets’ battery material insights and forecasts, you can make informed decisions, anticipate changes in this rapidly evolving market and drive your business to success.

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Following the rise in production and adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) globally, the demand for battery materials is soaring. As some supply chains struggle to keep up, market participants are looking for strategic partnerships to create a more secure supply chain. With Fastmarkets forecasts and insights, you’ll get the help you need to:

  • Optimize your supply chain by strengthening your purchasing strategy and inventory management by offering access to price changes and material costs
  • Plan for the future when the volatility of raw materials prices makes it difficult to secure supplies and ultimately impacts EV profitability
  • Reduce price risks in your value chain by gaining visibility over the production of raw materials and the associated costs
  • Focus on creating a sustainable battery material supply chain by investing in battery recycling to close the EV supply chain loop

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Low demand, oversupply weigh on cobalt market | European Battery Raw Materials 2023

The combination of slow demand and oversupply has been putting pressure on the price for cobalt, with part of that pressure coming from the changing preference in battery chemistry toward lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries and away from nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) batteries

September 15, 2023
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By: Sayaka Kurata
Brazil’s Sigma Lithium looking at M&A proposals after first shipments

Brazil-headquartered spodumene producer Sigma Lithium, having recently completed its second successful commercial shipment, has formally become a target for merger and acquisitions, it revealed in a press release published on Wednesday September 13

September 14, 2023
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By: Renato Rostás
Brazil’s CBMM expects niobium for batteries to make 25% of revenues by 2030

The use of niobium as an additive in battery manufacturing could expand to provide as much as one-quarter of the revenues at leading global producer Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM) by 2030

September 13, 2023
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By: Renato Rostás
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