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China’s domestic fluorspar prices reacted immediately to the announcement this week that China is set to conduct a country-wide safety inspection and rectification of fluorspar mining from March to August this year

Warmer sentiment for lithium and nickel prices in Asian markets was not able to attract more buying interest for black mass from South Korean buyers in the week ended Wednesday March 13, due to continued thin margins at recyclers, according to market sources

Spot lithium prices in China’s domestic market remained on an uptrend in the week to Thursday March 14, following the strong futures market and rising spot offer prices, while market participants noted sporadic restocking activities

Ontario-based battery recycling company Li-Cycle announced that the company had received a $75 million investment from Glencore, building on previous investments and their existing long-term partnership

The global lithium industry urgently needs to continue to invest in production capacity in the US to meet incoming demand, despite the current depression in global lithium prices, according to the top executive of Standard Lithium

The recent decline in spot copper concentrates treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) is startling, with Fastmarkets’ indices falling 38.87% month on month to a record low in February and still falling. But what lies behind the slump, and can anything be done to halt the slide? Fastmarkets investigates