As the demand for battery materials skyrockets, analysts face a pressing challenge: How do you build concrete analysis for a historically opaque market? In this rapidly progressing landscape, having the right insights is key. Your analysis combined with reliable data and information can provide businesses clarity to inform their tactics, secure their supply chains and stay ahead in the fiercely competitive battery materials market.

Do you have access to the most up-to-date price data and market analysis?

As an analyst, 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?

Do you have an outlook on the supply and demand of key materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt? Do you know how this would affect the prices of battery materials?

Do you have enough information from across the value chain to be able to provide insights to different stakeholders?

Do you have transparency over the entire supply chain?

How granular is your current data?

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Find out what’s happening in the battery raw materials market

Cobalt metal sustains price rally; longer-term oversupply challenges loom

Prices for cobalt metal have witnessed a sustained rally and recovery in recent weeks, after hitting lows at the beginning of the year, even while market participants see challenging conditions on the supply side in the longer term

March 22, 2023

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By: Justin Yang

EU Critical Raw Materials Act welcomed by battery industry experts

The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) proposed by the European Commission has been welcomed by stakeholders familiar with the nascent European battery ecosystem as a step toward achieving a sustainable and reliable supply of materials vital to the region’s ambitious energy transition goals

March 20, 2023

Making sense of the evolving battery materials market

Access Fastmarkets' checklist for battery materials analysts below