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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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The drive towards electrification and surge in demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has presented a complex set of challenges for the EV industry. You’ll need Fastmarkets forecasts and insights to help you:

  • 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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Critical materials create huge gap between ideology and reality of switch to EVs, CMIA says

The economic feasibility of securing supplies of critical raw materials such as gallium and germanium could threaten the “green” transition to the use of electric vehicles, a UK-based industry association, the Critical Minerals International Alliance (CMIA), told Fastmarkets

September 15, 2023
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By: Sayaka Kurata
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Manganese sulfate market to switch to deficit by 2028 despite new capacity | European Battery Raw Materials 2023

The supply of battery-grade manganese sulfate will switch from oversupply to deficit by 2028 despite new capacity coming online, especially outside of China, according to Fastmarkets’ most recent forecast ahead of the European Battery Raw Materials Conference in Amsterdam on September 18-20

September 15, 2023
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By: Solomon Cefai
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
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