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The critical materials used in manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS) play a vital role in our move towards a zero-carbon future.
Fastmarkets’ battery raw materials suite brings together the vital commercial insights, data and analytics that you need to help you make accurate forecasts, manage inventories and price risk, benchmark costs against your peers’ and balance the costs and benefits of sustainability.
Our customers get access to in-depth price data and short- and long-term forecasting and analysis for the following raw materials:
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Fastmarkets’ battery raw materials products give market participants and investors the transparency and clarity to make critical and strategic business decisions.
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Validate your price, supply and demand forecasts for 1-2 years in the future
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Mining executives are weighing the benefits and challenges of Chinese partnerships while grappling with price slumps and the looming impact of the US Inflation Reduction Act.
The process to pick a partner for Codelco’s lithium properties in the Maricunga salt flat is highly competitive, with a result due at the start of 2025, the company’s chairman told Fastmarkets.
The report details the EU’s efforts to secure critical raw materials through 14 strategic partnerships with non-member countries. These partnerships aim to diversify the EU’s supply chain for materials essential to its clean energy transition and industrial competitiveness. Norway, Australia and Serbia were highlighted as new partnerships established in 2024. According to the report, strategic […]
What is spodumene and how does it fit into the battery raw materials (BRM) value chain? Spodumene is a key feedstock in the production of lithium salts, which are a crucial component in lithium-ion batteries. Because spodumene is a key feedstock, the price can be viewed as an indicator of the overall health of the […]
The price of standard-grade cobalt has fallen to its lowest so far this year in the week ending Friday September 20, on slow demand and continued oversupply.
Critical metal refiner Nth Cycle became the first company in the US to produce premium nickel-cobalt mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) this week, when it began commercial-scale operations on Monday September 9
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February 25-26, 2025 | Shanghai, China Place yourself at the epicentre of EV excellence and ESS innovation in the BRM industry’s heartland. Fastmarkets is returning to Shanghai in 2025, assembling the key opinion leaders, government representatives and innovators impacting the future of China’s battery raw materials supply chain in 2025 and beyond.
2025年2月25-26日 | 中国，上海 置身全球电池材料核心大国，领略中国电动汽车与储能行业的发展成果及市场潜力！Fastmarkets将于2025年2月重返中国上海，携手中国五矿集团共同举办电池材料会议。届时，会议将邀请国内外电池产业链专家学者、头部企业代表和政府官员共同探讨动力电池行业时下热点与市场前景，分享行业最前沿技术、创新成果，推动动力电池行业协同发展，完善并提升产业链。
April 7-9, 2025 | Seoul, South Korea Grand Hyatt Hotel
June 23-26, 2025 | Las Vegas, USA 2025 Theme: The energy revolution: Powering tomorrow
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