Resumen de Exciting times for industrial minerals
China is committed to decarbonisation, which means higher demand for electric vehicles, which in turn means strong demand for battery raw materials and also for high-performance batteries. Sales should start to race higher once the price for new electric vehicles (NEVs) gets closer, on a like-for-like basis, to [the price for] internal combustion engine vehicles,” William Adams, head of battery raw materials research at Metal Bulletin, said. Battery-grade lithium carbonate spot prices more than tripled to a monthly average of $26.60 per kg in April 2016, from $7.70 per kg in June 2015.
