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Materials trends report Q2 2022: tight lithium market until at least 2025

  • Public Equity
  • Materials
  • South America
  • q2 2022

Automotive OEMs and battery players are experiencing a “tenuous time” in the lithium business, with prices going “parabolic” in 2022, an executive at an NYC-based supply chain consultant told Third Bridge Forum.

According to S&P data, total cash costs of lithium concentrate operations increased 17.4% YoY to USD 2,529/t lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in 2021. And the battery-grade Lithium Carbonate EXW China price closed at USD 41,925 per tonne at year-end, an increase of 485.8% YoY.3https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/research/lithium-costs-up-in-2021-continuing-to-surge-in-2022&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1659005705941452&usg=AOvVaw0RNI7XWhGaV7LySJG01kIv

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