Commodity Market Report
Global lithium short term outlook April 2023
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Report summary
Lithium prices continued to decrease at an accelerated pace in April. The two key drivers are: * destocking across the battery supply chain leading to lower lithium demand * increasing supply We forecast the decrease in lithium demand to be short-lived and that demand will return to the market later this year with indications already in place. The demand profile will be met with a continued growth in supply which will prevent prices from returning to previous highs.
Table of contents
- Current prices
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Price outlook
- Lithium carbonate
- Lithium hydroxide
- Spodumene concentrate
- Electric vehicles
- Lithium
- Resources
- Refining
- China market
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Quarterly lithium carbonate price forecast, USD/t CIF excluding VAT, nominal
- Quarterly lithium hydroxide price forecast, USD/t CIF excluding VAT, nominal
- Quarterly spodumene concentrate price forecast, USD/t CIF excluding VAT, nominal
- Electric vehicle sales by region, thousands of vehicles
- Cathode demand by type, kt
- Lithium demand by cathode chemistry, t LCE
- Lithium demand by product, kt LCE
- Lithium chemical supply outlook by product, kt LCE
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