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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 according to Oanda.com on Monday October 22 was 74,000 yuan to $10,659.
Thursday October 25 – 74,000-83,000 yuan per tonne 25 tonnes sold at 82,000 yuan 15 tonnes sold at 83,000 yuan Purchase reportedly between 74,000-78,000 yuans Offer at 85,000 yuan Offer between 83,000-84,000 yuans Offer between 78,000-82,000 yuans Offer at 76,000 yuan Prices heard at 84,000 yuan Prices heard between 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 80,000-90,000 yuan Prices indicated between 80,000-85,000 yuan Prices indicated between 78,000-85,000 yuan Prices indicated between 78,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 72,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 72,000-80,000 yuan
Thursday October 18 – 72,000-80,000 yuan per tonne 5 tonnes purchased at 76,000 yuan Purchases between 74,000-78,000 yuans Offer of 200 tonnes at 85,000 yuan Offer of 50 tonnes at 84,000 yuan Offer at 85,000 yuan Offer at 76,000 yuan Prices indicated between 80,000-85,000 yuan Prices indicated between 78,000-85,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-85,000 yuan Prices indicated at 80,000 yuan Prices indicated at 80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 72,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 72,000-80,000 yuan
Thursday October 11 – 72,000-80,000 yuan per tonne 200 tonnes purchased between 73,000-75,000 yuan 100 tonnes sold at 72,000 yuan 30 tonnes sold between 78,000-80,000 yuan 20 tonnes sold between 75,000-80,000 yuan 5 tonnes purchased at 78,000 yuan (outlier) Offer of material between 73,000-74,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 70,000-78,000 yuan Prices indicated between 75,000 yuan Prices indicated between 70,000-80,000 yuan Prices indicated between 70,000-75,000 yuan
Learn more about Fastmarkets’ lithium pricing methodology here and see the lithium price spotlight here.