Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Roskill reports that prices for Chinese graphite continue to rise as producers contend with increasing electricity costs and supply disruption caused by limits on energy consumption. Meanwhile, prices for 94% C medium flake remained flat until July but have since risen by 15%.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 1, 2022
Chinese lithium carbonate prices soared in 2021, due to a surge in demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the country, according to the end-of-year analysis by Benchmark Minerals Intelligence. Cobalt prices also hit a three-year high during the year.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 4, 2021
Lithium prices continued to rise in November, with Chinese battery-grade prices surpassing the RMB 200,000/tonne (US$31,395/tonne) mark, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Price Assessment. Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2020
On 4 December 2020, the LME cash price hit its highest level since March 2013, closing at US$7,742/t. (By Copper prices plunged 27% to a low of US$4,617/t in late March as the global impact of COVID-19 became apparent, but copper stabilized and then began to rise, completing a full recovery to its January starting point by the end of July.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 18, 2023
Benchmark’s Lithium ion Battery Cell Database shows the Chinese market’s surplus will continue to grow to at least 2030. This makes the non-Chinese market vital for producers in the country to find customers. Such producers cannot supply the huge, and ever-growing, electric vehicle market.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
On 19 February, LME cash prices for copper hit a nine-year peak of US$8,806.50/t. Roskill noted that although Chinese refined metal buying has cooled since an earlier frenzy, several end use subsectors remain busy. Trade data on Chinese copper imports in January and February are not due to be released until 8 March.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Lithium-ion battery pack prices, which were above $1,200 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, have fallen 89% in real terms to $132/kWh in 2021, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). All prices are in real 2021 $, unless stated as nominal.) At the cell level, average BEV prices were just $97/kWh.
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