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Making sense of the evolving battery materials market

Access Fastmarkets' checklist for battery materials analysts below

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
Car, Transportation, Vehicle
General Motors aims to cut electric vehicle costs in US with addition of lithium-iron phosphate battery option

General Motors (GM) plans to reduce the price of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States by expanding the range of battery chemistries it uses to include lithium-iron phosphate (LFP), its vice president of batteries, Kurt Kelty, told an annual investor’s panel on Tuesday October 8

October 17, 2024
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By: Nina Hu
Electronics, Hardware, Architecture
China’s lithium carbonate prices edge up on futures volatility; other markets flat or down

China’s lithium carbonate prices rose over the week to Thursday October 10 following volatility on the futures market, but sentiment was cautious amid ongoing weak fundamentals, sources told Fastmarkets.

October 14, 2024
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By: Yasemin Esmen
Adult, Male, Man
What is the state of the lithium market and how could lithium pricing develop?

In this episode, we focus the limelight on lithium, a pivotal player in the global energy transition

October 14, 2024
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By: the Fastmarkets team
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