Commodity Market Report
Lithium global short-term outlook February 2023
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Lithium spot prices have started to decrease. Some of the contributing factors include: * Slowdown in the Chinese market associated with the early Lunar New Year * Plateauing EV sales and cathode production in China towards the end of 2022 * Continued growth in supply We expect to see contract prices increase in the short-term due to the lag effect built into the majority of contracts for lithium chemicals.
Table of contents
- Current prices
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Price outlook
- Lithium carbonate
- Resources
- Refining
- China market
Tables and charts
This report includes 14 images and tables including:
- 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
- Chinese lithium carbonate imports
- Lithium carbonate
- Lithium hydroxide
- Lithium carbonate
- Lithium hydroxide
- Spodumene concentrate exports
What's included
This report contains:
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