Trade log for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China including trades, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets.
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 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot price range exw China, yuan/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 August 5 was 60,000 yuan to $8,644.
Thursday August 8 - 60,000-65,000 yuan per tonne
Sale reported at 65,000 yuan
Sale of 30 tonnes reported at 65,000-66,000 yuan
Sale of 10 tonnes reported at 60,000-63,000 yuan
Offer of 40 tonnes reported at 66,000 yuan
Offer reported at 65,000 yuan
Offer reported at 60,000 yuan
Deal heard at 60,000-65,000 yuan
Deal heard at 60,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 60,000-66,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 62,000-66,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 60,000-65,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 60,000-65,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 62,000-64,000 yuan
Price indicated at 65,000 yuan
Thursday August 2 - 64,000-68,000 yuan per tonne
Prices indicated at 66,000-72,000 yuan
Price indicated at 69,000 yuan
Sell of 20 tonnes reported at 68,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 68,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 65,000-68,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 65,000-66,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 65,000-66,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 64,000-66,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 64,000-66,000 yuan
Price indicated at 65,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 64,000-65,000 yuan
Sell of 10 tonnes reported at 64,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 60,000-65,000 yuan
Deal heard at 61,000-62,000 yuan
Prices indicated at 60,000 yuan
Learn more about
Fastmarkets' lithium pricing methodology here [LINK1] and see the
lithium price spotlight here.