Lithium price rockets 45pc with no end in sight

Prices for the lithium-rich spodumene concentrate that Australian miners send to the world's battery manufacturers surged by 45.5 per cent in January, and experts say the record-breaking 15 ...

Australia forecasts brutal lithium price correction …

The Australian government expects spodumene concentrate (6% Li20 FOB Australia) prices to average $2,149 a tonne in 2025, down from $4,357 a tonne in 2023. The report cites growing global...

Africa spodumene assessments support lithium pricing in a …

To support this evolution, Argus has launched two lithium spodumene (concentrate) prices on a fob southern Africa basis, at 2-4pc lithium and 5.5pc lithium. Africa is a major emerging hub for lithium spodumene used to produce battery-grade lithium. Several producers have begun output in recent months in Zimbabwe, the …

Big 4 Lithium Stocks And Spot Lithium Prices

The price of lithium compounds and Ganfeng's stock have a significant relationship. The same appears to be the case with Ganfeng's stock price and spodumene concentrate 6% price. SMM Finance.Yahoo

Spodumene price data and analysis

Fastmarkets provides market-reflective spodumene prices for lithium-ion batteries, EVs and investors. Learn why tracking spodumene prices is important and how to access them.

Lithium: Bank of America slashes lithium price forecasts

One of Bank of America's most senior commodities strategists says the price of lithium-rich spodumene concentrate will be 63 per cent lower than he has expected this year amid weaker demand for ...

Essential Insights: Lithium Costs & Margins

The additional cost of converting the spodumene concentrate to lithium hydroxide is expected to be US$2,456/t LCE in 2019; however, this is outweighed by the value addition to the product, which will increase from US$4,587/t LCE for spodumene concentrate to US$17,274/t LCE for lithium hydroxide. The significant addition to the price over the ...

Lithium carbonate and spodumene concentrate pricing …

March quarter sales of spodumene concentrate were completed at a price of approximately US$2,218/t SC6% CIF DMT which includes tonnes that were delayed …

Miners under pressure as spodumene price falls below …

Spodumene prices dipped below $1,000 a tonne for the first time since August 2021 this month, according to Benchmark's Lithium Price Assessment, tracking steep declines in …

Prices for Australian lithium have further to fall

Prices for the spodumene concentrate that most Australian lithium miners sell have declined by close to 90 per cent over the past year, and Wood Mackenzie's principal lithium analyst, Allan ...

Spodumene min 6% Li2O, spot price, cif China, $/tonne

Our Spodumene price chart overview provides a snapshot of the recent spot price history of Spodumene min 6% Li2O per tonne. Commodity. Lithium. Product. Spodumene min 6% Li2O. Symbol. -LI-0012. Incoterm. Cost, insurance and freight. Currency. US Dollar. Unit. Tonne Status. Active. Launch Date. 30 August 2017 Location.

Australia's MinRes posts higher 1Q spodumene output

The realised spodumene concentrate price at the Bald Hill site was $878/dmt on 5.1pc-grade basis, which translates to $1,016/dmt for 6pc-grade spodumene concentrate. Argus-assessed prices for 6pc grade spodumene concentrate dipped to $1,080-1,180/t cif China on 23 April, from $1,100-1,200/t cif China a week earlier. Salts producers …

Lithium spodumene to ease to US$1,800 by 2024: Office of …

Lithium spodumene prices are projected to average US$2,235 a tonne in 2022 and ease to around US$1,800 by 2024 according to the Australian government's commodity forecaster, the Office of the Chief Economist (OCE).

Pilbara Minerals expects 'fairly material' uptick in lithium prices

CEO Dale Henderson: "Over the last 60 days to the 16th of April, we have seen a 27 per cent [price] increase for spodumene concentrate." ...

Pilbara Minerals says lithium prices will keep falling, for now

Production of spodumene concentrate at Pilgangoora was down 9 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 148,131 tonnes on the back of maintenance and other shutdowns and processing of lower grade feedstock.

The Lithium Market Conundrum: Spodumene Price Reversal …

Spodumene concentrate prices surge to all-time high

Limited spot supply and growing demand from lithium carbonate producers have driven spodumene prices to a record level in July 2021. S&P Global Platts …

Is the lithium price pain 'already nearing an end'?

Thus, they'll still get "a healthy margin" despite the lithium spodumene concentrate price dropping to US$1,590 per tonne. Goldman Sachs says lithium prices won't bottom till 2025.

Lithium price: Will the lithium price rout kill the next wave of

Prices for lithium-rich spodumene concentrate have "fallen off quite sharply over the past week", driven by concerns over the strength of EV demand in Asia's largest economy, said Martin ...

Hard Rock Spodumene Lithium Processing

In step 1, to convert spodumene into lithium sulfate (Li 2 SO 4), the raw ore is crushed and separated both mechanically and via floatation.Next, the concentrate undergoes energy- and chemically intensive hot acid-roasting. This process (as shown in Figure 1 below) sees concentrated spodumene powder roasted at 1050°C, cooled, …

Pilbara's record lithium profit blew out office calculator

Pilbara Minerals' result came on the back of a near doubling in price for its spodumene concentrate, and a 68 per cent increase in sales volumes to 607,500 tonnes.

The Lithium Market Conundrum: Spodumene Price Reversal …

Spodumene Prices and Lithium Carbonate Costs . Daniel Jimenez highlights the current disconnect between spot spodumene prices and spot lithium carbonate (LC) prices in China. He points out that the spodumene concentrate price has increased to $5,313 per tonne, which translates to a lithium carbonate cost of $52 per …

Spodumene concentrate forecast price

Golden Dragon Capital. "Forecast of the spodumene concentrate price from 2016 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars per metric ton)." Chart. July 21, 2016. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://

Lithium carbonate and spodumene concentrate pricing …

The March quarter sales prices for lithium carbonate and spodumene concentrate are preliminary and indicative. The final prices will be provided in the March Quarterly Report which will be ...

Spot spodumene prices continue uptrend amid lingering

Fastmarkets assessed spodumene 6% Li2O min, cif China at $2,500-2,750 per tonne on January 21, up by $100-150 from two weeks earlier. The price increase …

Spodumene: The Lithium Market, Resources …

This study shows that heating a coarse spodumene concentrate at 1050 °C for 30 min decrepitates the α-spodumene into β-spodumene and γ-spodumene with 65% of the initial mass becoming …

15.1 Summary

Spodumene prices are forecast to rise from an average US$675 a tonne in 2021 to US$2,235 a tonne in 2022, before easing to about US$1800 ... demand and ease the pressure on prices. Figure 15.4: Spodumene concentrate/lithium hydroxide prices. Notes: Lithium hydroxide price is for higher-priced battery grade product. Source: Wood …

Lithium concentrate (spodumene) 6% Li2O cif China prices

Find the latest prices and charts for lithium concentrate (spodumene) 6% Li2O cif China, a key raw material for lithium-ion batteries. Compare historical and current data points …

Australia expects sharp lithium price pullback in 2024

Benchmark data show spodumene prices up 257% this year averaging some $5,900 a tonne for 6% concentrate FOB Australia in November. Benchmark commented that spodumene contract pricing mechanisms ...

North American Lithium Produces First …

Approximately 70 metric tons of spodumene concentrate were produced as part of commissioning with first shipment of saleable product targeted for Q3 2023. Patrick Brindle, Executive Vice President …

Hard Rock Lithium Processing

A concentrate with at least 6% Li2O (approximately 75% spodumene) is suitable for roasting. Roasting is performed at about 1050°C, during which spodumene will go through a phase transformation from α-spodumene to β-spodumene. The α-spodumene is virtually refractory to hot acids. As a result of the phase transformation, the spodumene …

Lithium extraction from hard rock lithium ores (spodumene, …

However, their production cost is highly related to the price of lithium concentrate. When the price of spodumene concentrate is 1000 $/t, the production cost of lithium carbonate is about 12.12–13.64 k$/t (Hu Z, 2019). According to the price of spodumene concentrate in the first auction of Pilbara in 2022 (5650 $/t), it is estimated …

Lithium price data and analysis

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Lithium supply race heats up | S&P Global Market Intelligence

The project is expected to produce up to 750,000 tonnes per year of 6% spodumene concentrate, or SC6. The mine was put into care and maintenance in 2019 and aims to restart production in the third quarter of 2022. ... Authier, and Finniss in the upper quartile of the 2025 lithium concentrate cost curve. In previous research, we …

Pilbara Minerals' second spodumene auction concludes at …

Pilbara Minerals concluded Sept. 14 its second spodumene concentrate auction at a price of $2,240/dmt on an FOB Port Hedland basis, up 79% on $1,250/dmt at the end of its first tender July 29, with market sources saying the high value was largely driven by extremely tight supply conditions and bullish downstream demand from the …

Spot prices for lithium hydroxide and carbonate outpace spodumene

As one of the two key feedstocks for the production of lithium chemicals, spodumene from hard rock is processed to lithium hydroxide or carbonate by convertors, the vast majority of which are in China. At the beginning of 2021, with spot prices still near their cyclical lows, there was virtually no margin to be had for merchant convertors …