Lithium
How the lithium market is helping shape a greener future
The next decade is critical to the success of the lithium market with increasing and sustained demand coming from the global new energy markets. Growth in electric vehicles continues to drive lithium demand, but this rapid growth is testing the market’s ability to expand supply. Keep on top of lithium price volatility with our lithium price data.
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Pilbara Minerals will start to commission its joint-venture lithium hydroxide facility with Posco Holdings late in the current quarter, and will ramp-up activity through next year, the company’s chief executive officer has said
Spot lithium prices in China continued on a precipitous downtrend, with battery-grade lithium carbonate prices trending below 100,000 yuan per tonne over the week to Thursday December 7, following increased volatility in the futures market and muted demand
The Fastmarkets Battery Cost Index provides a monthly modelled-cost tracker for various NCM and LFP cells across different countries
Spot lithium prices in China further extended losses over the week to Thursday November 30, depressed by continuous weakness in the futures market and tepid spot demand
Western Australia (WA), Australia’s largest state, will evaluate the possibility of developing cathode active materials (CAM) production once precursor CAM (pCAM) output is up and running, Bill Johnston, the state’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum, told Fastmarkets
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