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Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per tonne on an ex-works China basis. Delivered prices are netted back.
Fastmarkets prices Click here for Fastmarkets price assessment for lithium carbonate min 99.5% Li2CO3 battery grade, spot price range, ex-works China, yuan per tonne.
Fastmarkets lithium trade logs are available on a weekly basis every Friday after the weekly spot market assessments conducted every Thursday at 4pm.
As per our methodology, Fastmarkets takes into account minimum lot sizes of 5 tonnes to capture the price in the Chinese domestic spot market.
In addition to its weekly assessment, Fastmarkets also publishes a lithium index – a tonnage weighted average where the greatest weighting is given to concluded transactions.
The exchange rate on Monday June 24 was 70,000 yuan to $10,187.
Thursday June 27 – 70,000-75,000 yuan per tonne Sale of 30 tonnes indicated at 75,000 yuan Offer of 20 tonnes at 75,000 yuan Offer indicated at 75,000 yuan Offer of 10 tonnes at 73,000-74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 73,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-75,000 yuan
Thursday June 20 – 70,000-77,000 yuan per tonne Purchase of 10 tonnes indicated at 74,000 yuan Offer indicated at 75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 76,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan
Thursday June 13 – 70,000-77,000 yuan per tonne Purchase of 10 tonnes indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Offer indicated at 77,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 75,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 76,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan
Thursday June 06 – 72,000-77,000 yuan per tonne Offer of 20 tonnes indicated at 75,000-79,000 yuan Sale indicated at 77,000-78,000 yuan Purchase of 30 tonnes indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Purchase of 10 tonnes indicated at 74,000 yuan Offer indicated at 74,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 72,000-77,000 yuan Prices indicated at 74,000-75,000 yuan Deal heard at 72,000-73,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan Prices indicated at 70,000-72,000 yuan
Learn more about Fastmarkets’ lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.