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No matter whether you’re in procurement, an analyst or working in corporate development in the battery materials supply chain, you’ll know the increasing importance of lithium and graphite as materials for the energy transition. To help you make sense of these markets, we’re bringing you a new way to understand lithium and graphite market trends within our Industrial Minerals Short-Term Forecast service. Our platform combines in-depth market analysis and independent weekly research, providing you with all the information you need in one place. This comprehensive resource empowers you to confidently lead price negotiations and make well-informed business decisions quickly.
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Aligned to Fastmarkets benchmarks and rigorous forecasting methodology, our independent short-term forecasts provide the necessary tools to predict future trends in the lithium and graphite markets driven by their use as key materials in the burgeoning Li-ion battery market.
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China’s lithium prices continued to trend downward amid weak demand and futures weakness over the week to Thursday July 25
Persistently high import volumes of lithium carbonate into China have intensified oversupply in the country’s domestic market for the material at a time when demand remains weak, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday July 23
After initial market turbulence when China introduced export controls on gallium, germanium and graphite last year, a new normal has settled into the international markets for these metals, market participants have told Fastmarkets
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