Shanghai, July 23– Since joining the International Lithium Association (ILiA) in November 2022, Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) has maintained its membership for four consecutive years, serving as a long-standing and stable senior member of the association.
Over the years, SMM has remained committed to advancing coordinated development across the global lithium sector and steadily deepening its cooperation with ILiA. We have continuously built exchange and networking platforms linking lithium industry participants in China and overseas, and organized numerous cross-border industry events. Besides, we have also regularly co-hosted online webinars on global lithium market insights alongside the ILiA, delivering full-industry-chain market data, sector trends and cutting-edge industrial research, fostering knowledge exchange and high-quality development within the lithium industry at home and abroad.
Building on four years of solid cooperation and growing mutual industry trust, the two parties recently reached a newly upgraded cooperation model, ushering in an all-round deepening of their partnership:
Martin Ma, Head of ILiA China, delivered a solo speech at the SMM New Energy Industry Chain Expo (CLNB) 2026
Li-ION BATTERY Africa 2026 secured partnership with ILiA. Tom Drabble, Global Sustainability Manager at ILiA, attended panel discussion on the topic of "Securing Stable Supply of Lithium, Cobalt, Graphite, and Phosphate – Africa's Role and Challenges".
Astrid Karamira, EMEA Representative Director at ILiA, delivered a speech on the topic of "Material Trends - Decoding Global Supply-Demand for Critical Metals " at the SMM Li-ion Battery Europe 2024.
Astrid Karamira participated in panel discussion at the SMM Li-ion Battery Europe 2025 under the topic of "Building a European Battery Raw Materials Ecosystem Driven by Policies – Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities"
Astrid Karamira spoke at the SMM Li-ion Battery Americas 2024
SMM CEO Logan Lu stated that the further upgrade of cooperation between the two parties is an inevitable choice in line with the globalisation and low-carbon development of the lithium industry. Relying on SMM's comprehensive industry chain data service capabilities, combined with the ILiA's platform advantages covering upstream and downstream industry leaders globally, the two parties will carry out deeper collaboration in market intelligence, ESG development, cross-border industry matchmaking, and battery circular economy in the future, driving complementary advantages, and mutual benefit of global lithium industry chain resources, and jointly building a green, stable and synergistically developing global lithium industry ecosystem.
About the International Lithium Association (ILiA)
The International Lithium Association (ILiA) was founded in 2021. It is an international non-profit trade association for the lithium industry, and has been upholding the three visions and missions of "giving a voice to the lithium industry, enhancing ESG and sustainable development in the lithium industry, and becoming an authoritative body for the lithium industry." In addition to 7 core members, the association also has over 30 associate members from the lithium industry value chain involved in business areas such as lithium mining projects, battery materials, battery manufacturing or engineering. Its associate members include SMM, Albemarle Corporation, Chengxin Lithium, Tianqi Lithium, Rio Tinto , etc.
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