SMM Feb. 16: the price of lithium carbonate continues to soar recently, after rising 10, 000 yuan for two consecutive days, the price of battery-grade lithium carbonate is still rising today. According to the spot price of SMM metal, the average spot price of battery-grade lithium carbonate rose 10, 000 yuan to 422000 yuan / ton today.
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The spot price of battery-grade lithium hydroxide also rose with lithium carbonate Synchronize. Today, the average spot price of battery-grade lithium hydroxide rose 10, 000 yuan to 356500 yuan / ton. It is worth mentioning that the average price of lithium metal soared 80, 000 yuan today to 2.17 million yuan / ton.
On the news side, yesterday, the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that the research team of the Institute's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau discovered super-large lithium deposits in the Qiongjiagang area of the Himalayas. In terms of scale, the lithium deposit is expected to become the third largest lithium deposit in China after Bailongshan in southern Xinjiang and methyl card in western Sichuan, and it is also the first pegmatite lithium deposit with industrial value in the Himalayas.
Qin Kezhang, head of the scientific research team and director of the key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said it was conservatively estimated that the lithium oxide resources in the body could reach 1.0125 million tons, with an average lithium oxide content of 1.30%. But in fact, the real reserves of the mineral may far exceed the result.
According to the latest data released by the China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance, in January 2022, China's power battery production totaled 29.7 GWH, an increase of 146.2 percent over the same period last year; in terms of vehicle loading, China's total power battery loading totaled 16.2 GWH, an increase of 86.9 percent over the same period last year. As a result, it can be seen that today's power battery industry is hot.
SMM believes that given that there is still a supply gap of about 15 per cent in the lithium carbonate market and the demand for replenishment by enterprises in February-March, the future price of lithium carbonate may continue to rise due to shortages.
In view of the recent hot lithium market, SMM arranged a special live broadcast of new energy at 17:00 on February 17th. Liu Xiaoyi, senior analyst of SMM new energy industry, will conduct a detailed analysis and outlook on the supply and demand pattern of China's lithium market in the first quarter. It will be broadcast on SMM official website, handheld colored APP, WeChat Mini Programs SMM+, video number, Douyin account, Weibo, Baijia account and other platforms Synchronize, please follow!
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