Lithium ore spot transactions were robust last week, with most lithium refineries purchasing actively, and overall marketable lithium ore inventories held by the traders continued to decline.   At the beginning of the month, downstream buyers continued to purchase lithium carbonate for essential nee

Since mid-May, lithium carbonate prices rose sharply and then fell. Driven by multiple earlier disruptions on the mining side and continued month-on-month growth in downstream production schedules, the most-traded lithium carbonate contract hit a new high for the year in early May. However, thereaft

Downward price pressure persisted across lithium ore and lithium carbonate markets in the run-up to June 9, based on Mysteel's data. While CIF price for 6% spodumene concentrate fell to US $2,385/tonne, battery-grade lithium carbonate was assessed at Yuan 164,350/tonne and industrial-grade at Yuan 1

Last week, China's domestic lithium refineries took delivery quickly, keeping port lithium ore inventories on a steady downtrend, based on Mysteel's survey. When lithium ore prices moved lower in line with lithium carbonate, some lithium refineries were actively fixing prices, while others, having a

China's lithium carbonate production reached 101,200 tonnes in May, down 2.3% month-on-month. Compared with early-May production schedules, the final survey production was revised slightly higher, mainly due to some spodumene producers completing maintenance ahead of schedule, leading to higher actu