Category Archives: Lithium

Benchmark Minerals’ Exchange Traded Lithium Breakfast – The Takeaways

Lithium

Last week, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence hosted a Wall Street breakfast to discuss the potential for Exchange Traded Lithium. The breakfast was attended by an excellent cross section of those that are set to be affected most by the introduction of  new financial instruments for lithium. The London Metal Exchange (LME) presented at the breakfast together … Continue reading Benchmark Minerals’ Exchange Traded Lithium Breakfast – The Takeaways →

Benchmark Minerals to speak at BAML, Deutsche Bank – New York, This Week

Batteries, EV, Graphite, Lithium

If you do not subscribe and you want to attend these events, please email us at [email protected]  The year is off to a grandstand start for the Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Team. Two subscriber only events in New York this week kicks off what will be a defining year for the lithium ion battery to EV … Continue reading Benchmark Minerals to speak at BAML, Deutsche Bank – New York, This Week →

Lithium Supply Revisited

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To subscribe to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Lithium Price Assessment service contact: [email protected] A new year for the lithium market has already begun to spark fresh concerns about oversupply, but despite the ramp up in new operations major supply chain questions linger. A furore around anticipated new supply engulfed the lithium market in early-2018, however through … Continue reading Lithium Supply Revisited →

Benchmark Minerals invited to speak at The Royal Institution on rise of the lithium ion battery

Batteries, Graphite, Lithium

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has been invited to speak at a special event for the UK public being held at The Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. The Battery – Inside Out is an event supported by new UK battery initiative, The Faraday Institution, taking place on Tuesday 12 March 2019 at 1900. It will … Continue reading Benchmark Minerals invited to speak at The Royal Institution on rise of the lithium ion battery →

Western Australian Lithium Rising: Benchmark Minerals’ lithium price index cited by the Financial Times

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The Benchmark Lithium Price Index has been cited by the Financial Times as global interest in lithium prices continues to grow. This follows The Wall Street Journal’s article citing the Benchmark Lithium Price Index earlier this week. The Financial Times’ piece, “Electric cars: will Australia’s battery gamble pay off?”, profiles Western Australia’s lithium prospects and the lithium mining boom in the age … Continue reading Western Australian Lithium Rising: Benchmark Minerals’ lithium price index cited by the Financial Times →

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence featured in article on lithium prices in The Wall Street Journal

Lithium

The Benchmark Lithium Price Index has been cited in The Wall Street Journal. The article – “Lithium Boom Raises Questions: What is its price?” – explores the lithium demand surge, lithium pricing and the moves towards price transparency. The feature also notes the London Metal Exchange’s (LME) plans to introduce tradable lithium contracts in 2020. As part … Continue reading Benchmark Mineral Intelligence featured in article on lithium prices in The Wall Street Journal →

DOWNLOAD: Lithium, cobalt prices enter new period of volatility as era of EV begins; vanadium awaits lithium ion moment

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Lithium and cobalt prices are experiencing a new period of volatility as prices crest from post-2010 highs. Both speciality minerals that are key components in an electric vehicle’s lithium ion battery began to see a downward turn in 2018. The Benchmark World Tour 2018 – the world’s leading investor forum for lithium ion supply chain … Continue reading DOWNLOAD: Lithium, cobalt prices enter new period of volatility as era of EV begins; vanadium awaits lithium ion moment →

Benchmark Minerals features on the Global Lithium Podcast

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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Simon Moores, Managing Director, and Andy Miller, Senior Analyst, were recently invited onto the Global Lithium Podcast. In the podcast the Benchmark team discussed lithium prices inside and outside of China, how lithium prices are determined, and whether the a lithium spot price is a misnomer. We also discussed the outlook for … Continue reading Benchmark Minerals features on the Global Lithium Podcast →

China’s Lithium price decline is not the full picture to an industry surging

Lithium, Uncategorised

The downturn in Chinese lithium prices since the start of the year has left many questioning the future of a market which has experienced its biggest upturn in history since late-2015. It has also led to many false conclusions about what is really happening to the lithium price. When lithium prices began to spike in … Continue reading China’s Lithium price decline is not the full picture to an industry surging →

A new era for commodities as sustained lithium price run marks onset of EV demand – Benchmark Minerals

China, EV, Lithium

Prices of lithium carbonate, a key lithium ion battery raw material, have increased nearly 40% in the last 12 months as a wave of global electric vehicle (EV) production begins to have a sustained impact on the industry. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Lithium Carbonate South America (99%, FOB) price – a region which accounts for 68% … Continue reading A new era for commodities as sustained lithium price run marks onset of EV demand – Benchmark Minerals →