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Correction to rationale, trade log for battery-grade lithium hydroxide, CIF CJK, November 22

Fastmarkets has corrected the rationale and trade log for MB-LI-0033 lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, battery grade, spot price, cif China, Japan & Korea, which was published incorrectly on Friday November 22.

November 22, 2024
By Ewan Thomson
Lithium Pricing notice

A deal was incorrectly input at $7.00 per kg. The correct price was $7.50 per kg.

The published prices are unaffected by this change.

This prices are part of the Fastmarkets industrial minerals package.

For more information, or to provide feedback on this correction notice, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Ewan Thomson by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Ewan Thomson, re: Lithium hydroxide battery grade cif CJK.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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