LCO prices remained stable this week

Published: Jun 12, 2025 17:21

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[LCO prices held steady this week] The LCO market remained relatively stable this week, with mainstream quotations for 4.2V/4.4V/4.5V products pulling back to 209,000 yuan/mt, 214,000 yuan/mt, and 225,000 yuan/mt, respectively.

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The LCO market remained relatively stable this week. The mainstream quotations for 4.2V/4.4V/4.5V products pulled back to 209,000 yuan/mt, 214,000 yuan/mt, and 225,000 yuan/mt, respectively. Prices were influenced by changes in the prices of raw materials, namely lithium carbonate and cobalt tetroxide: battery-grade lithium carbonate prices have recently rebounded slightly, while cobalt tetroxide prices have still fallen by a certain margin. Overall, this has not had a significant impact on LCO prices. On the supply side, cobalt tetroxide enterprises currently have substantial inventory reserves, and upstream willingness to sell has significantly increased, with producers actively lowering their quotations. On the demand side, terminal producers are in the stage of digesting battery cell inventory, leading to a decrease in cathode material purchases. Cathode plants are relatively cautious in their raw material purchases for LCO. It is expected that LCO prices will remain stable in the short term.

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