SHANGHAI, May 19 (SMM) - According to SMM estimates, the volume of nickel sulphate recovered stood at 4,260 mt in metal content in April, versus 1,734 mt of cobalt sulphate in metal content, 9 mt of cobalt oxide in metal content, 1,283 mt of industrial-grade lithium carbonate, 5,978 mt of battery-grade lithium carbonate, and 1,010 mt of crude lithium carbonate. Volatile lithium salt prices intensified instability in battery scrap recycling market in April. Some smelters stocked up small amounts of battery scrap at the end of April for production after the Labour Day holiday.
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