Understanding supply chain security in the battery materials market

How secure is your battery materials supply chain? Find out below

As the demand for battery materials skyrockets, procurement professionals are facing a pressing challenge: ensuring a stable and reliable supply. In this rapidly evolving landscape, having actionable insights is key. It enables your business to make informed decisions, secure your supply chain and stay ahead in the fiercely competitive battery materials market.

Are you confident in the resilience of your supply chain?

As a procurement professional, you’re well aware of the importance of reliable data and insights, but every team has its blind spots. This is especially true in such a volatile market. Use our checklist to better understand what you could be missing out on in the rapidly evolving battery materials market. Examine key questions including:

  • Do you have visibility over supply and demand forecasts for strategic planning? 
  • Are you informed on the dynamics of battery material prices to leverage short-term opportunities?
  • Are you able to set accurate cost expectations by keeping up with price changes?
  • Are you looking at other alternatives to diversify your battery materials supply?
  • Is your supply protected from price risks?
Find out what else is happening in the battery raw materials market

Copper fabricators in China and the wider Southeast Asian region continue to feel the pain of high copper prices on futures exchanges and a lack of new orderbooks, with some having already asked for a postponing of shipments of long-term copper cathodes, sources told Fastmarkets in the week to Wednesday May 15

This legislation emphasizes the crucial role of graphite in electrification efforts and highlights the ongoing significance of both natural and synthetic graphite in the EU’s green transition journey

Standard Lithium announced on Wednesday May 8 that it was forming a partnership with the multinational energy company Equinor to accelerate the development of its South West Arkansas and East Texas lithium brine projects in the United States

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Metal Bulletin • American Metal Market • Scrap Price Bulletin • Industrial Minerals • RISI • FOEX • The Jacobsen • Agricensus • Palm Oil Analytics • Random Lengths • FastMarkets and more

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