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Decision to discontinue China technical grade lithium hydroxide price: pricing notice

Fastmarkets has discontinued its MB-LI-0038 lithium hydroxide monohydrate LiOH.H2O 56.5% LiOH min, technical and industrial grade, spot price range exw domestic China, yuan/tonne assessment on Thursday October 31.

October 31, 2024
By Zihao Li
Battery materials China Industrial Minerals Physical Prices Lithium Pricing notice

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has discontinued the price due to a lack of liquidity and production of the commodity.

All short-term forecasts associated with this price produced by the Fastmarkets research team, if any, have also been discontinued.

If you have any comments on the discontinuation of this price, please contact Zihao Li by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Zihao Li, re: China technical grade lithium hydroxide.”

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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