How we assess our lithium prices
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Our IOSCO-compliant price assessment process utilises a strict price discovery process that provides a market reflective insight into the actual spot market level at that given point in time.
This widely acknowledged methodology has led us to become the primary source for pricing across a wide-range of commodity markets.
Our methodologies are designed to reflect standard industry practices and do not incorporate the use of trade flows to establish spot prices, instead implementing a more real-time pricing technique allowing for a robust determination as to the precise level of commodity markets.
Metal Bulletin publishes lithium prices that have been created and published by Industrial Minerals, a division of Metal Bulletin Group that has been reporting on and pricing the lithium markets since 1988. Industrial Minerals will continue to publish these battery-grade lithium prices and others relating to technical grades of lithium.
Metal Bulletin battery grade lithium price specifications
Lithium carbonate min 99.5% Li2CO3 battery grade spot price US$ per kg cif China, Japan & South Korea
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Main Chinese Japanese & South Korean ports (other ports normalized) |
| Basis: |
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Cost, insurance & freight |
| Delivery window: |
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60 days |
| Price type: |
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Assessment |
| Min lot size: |
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5 tonnes |
| Quality: |
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Min 99.5% Li2CO3 (delivery of Min 99.2% Li2CO3 also accepted, qualified for use in battery applications) |
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Powder |
| Publication: |
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Weekly, Thursday between 3pm and 4pm London
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Lithium carbonate min 99.5% Li2CO3 battery grade spot price yuan per tonne, ex works China
| Origin: |
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China |
| Basis: |
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Ex-works, VAT included |
| Delivery window: |
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30 days |
| Price type: |
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Assessment |
| Min lot size: |
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5 tonnes |
| Quality: |
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Min 99.5% Li2CO3 (delivery of Min 99.2% Li2CO3 also accepted, qualified for use in battery applications) |
| Form: |
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Powder |
| Publication: |
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Weekly, Thursday between 3pm and 4pm London |
Lithium hydroxide monohydrate min 56.5% LiOH.H2O battery grade spot price US$ cif China, Japan & South Korea
| Delivery port: |
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Main Chinese Japanese & South Korean ports (other ports normalized) |
| Basis: |
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Cost, insurance and freight |
| Delivery window: |
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60 days |
| Price type: |
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Assessment |
| Min lot size: |
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5 tonnes |
| Quality: |
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Min 56.5% LiOH.H2O (qualified for use in battery applications) |
| Form: |
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Powder |
| Publication: |
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Weekly, Thursday between 3pm and 4pm London |
Lithium hydroxide monohydrate min 56.5% LiOH.H2O battery grade spot price yuan per tonne, ex works China
| Origin: |
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China |
| Basis: |
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Ex-works VAT included |
| Delivery window: |
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30 days |
| Price type: |
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Assessment |
| Min lot size: |
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5 tonnes |
| Quality: |
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Min 56.5% LiOH.H2O (qualified for use in battery applications) |
| Form: |
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Powder |
| Publication: |
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Weekly, Thursday between 3pm and 4pm London |
Industrial Minerals battery grade lithium prices
We provide prices and insights for other battery grade lithium prices through our Industrial Minerals service.
