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Read the key takeaways from our recent pricing and hedging strategies for energy storage stakeholders webinar, with insights from experts including Fastmarkets’ own David Becker, Phoebe O’Hara and Renato Rostas

Spot lithium prices in China inched down over the week to Thursday May 30 amid ongoing limited appetite for spot materials and bearish sentiment on near-term demand, sources told Fastmarkets

The global lithium market has experienced seismic shifts in recent years regarding market size, structure and particularly regarding pricing mechanisms

Electric vehicle (EV) battery makers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are willing to pay a premium for Inflation Reduction Act-compliant material, according to a top executive at US-based natural graphite producer and processor Westwater Resources Inc

Read the full transcript from episode two of Fast Forward podcast with Andrea Hotter, where she interviews Paul Lusty, head of battery raw materials at Fastmarkets

The United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) office announced a further extension of all China Section 301 tariff exclusions on 352 Chinese import and 77 pandemic-related categories through June 14, after which, the tariff exclusion for China’s graphite anodes will not be extended, the USTR announced on Friday May 24

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