Lithium Market Report January
2017-02-14 18:13:32 【Print】
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Content
Abstract 2
1 Industry news 2
1.1 Lithium Australia produces battery grade lithium carbonate 2
1.2 Regulations on New Energy Automobile Manufacturer and Products Assessment approved 2
2 Company news 2
2.1 Tianli Energy’s ternary material capacity to double in 2017 2
2.2 Zhiyuan Lithium halts production for equipment maintenance 2
3 Domestic market review. ……………….2
3.1 Lithium carbonate prices stable 2
3.2 Lithium hydroxide prices down 3
3.3 Lithium chloride prices stable 3
3.4 Lithium metal prices decline 3
3.5 Lithium cobalt prices rise further 4
3.6 Ternary material prices rise 4
4 Import and export data 4
4.1 Lithium carbonate imports up by 3% MOM 4
4.2 Lithium hydroxide exports 5
5 Industry news 6
5.1 Guoxuan High-tech expects to put new generation NCM anode materials production line into production in 2017 6
5.2 Albemarle approved to expand lithium operations in Chile 6
5.3 Umicore acquires NMC battery material patents from 3M 7
6 Market outlook 7
Chart 1 Chinese lithium carbonate 99.5%min price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 2
Chart 2 Chinese lithium carbonate 99%min price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 3
Chart 3 Chinese lithium hydroxide 96%min, Na 0.002max price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 3
Chart 4 Chinese lithium hydroxide 56.5%min, Na 0.002max price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 3
Chart 5 Chinese LiCl 99.3%min, Na0.003%max price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 3
Chart 6 Chinese lithium metal 99.9%min price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 3
Chart 7 Chinese lithium metal 99%min price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 4
Chart 8 Chinese lithium cobalt 60%min price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 4
Chart 9 Chinese NCM 523 price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 4
Chart 10 Chinese NCM 523 precursor price trend from Dec 2016 to Jan 2017 4
Chart 11 China’s lithium carbonate imports by month from Jan to Dec 2016 4
Chart 12 China’s lithium hydroxide exports by month from Jan to Dec 2016 5
Table 1 China’s lithium carbonate imports in Dec 2016 (unit: kg) 5
Table 2 China’s lithium carbonate exports in Dec 2016 (unit: kg) 6
