今年以来锂价格已飙升88%

据今日油价网站3月16日消息 电池供应链研究和价格报告机构Benchmark Mineral Intelligence的首次月中评估显示，在磷酸锂铁（LFP）电池需求旺盛的背景下，中国锂价格继续呈指数级上涨。

Benchmark 3月中旬的电池级碳酸锂中点价格（中国出厂价，≥99.0% Li2CO3）显示，该原材料自年初以来上涨88%，至每吨12600美元以上，为2019年3月以来的最高水平。

Benchmark在其新的报告中称，一些交易的成交额高达13400美元，原因是有迹象表明市场短缺，生产商的库存已经耗尽。上一次中国国内碳酸锂售价超过13000美元是在2018年8月。

中国氢氧化锂价格今年也出现了反弹，涨幅超过20%，尽管碳酸锂仍存在相对较大的折扣。

氢氧化物价格接近每吨2.5万美元，碳酸盐在2018年初达到2.3万美元的峰值，但进入稳定下跌，直到去年年底才见底。

原文如下：

Lithium Prices Have Soared 88% This Year

Lithium prices continue to rise exponentially in China on the back of heavy demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, the first ever mid-month assessment by battery supply chain research and price reporting agency Benchmark Mineral Intelligence shows.

Benchmark’s battery grade lithium carbonate midpoint price (EXW China, ≥99.0% Li2CO3) for mid-March shows the raw material up 88% just since the start of the year to over $12,600 a tonne, the highest level since March 2019.

Benchmark says in its new report some transactions were concluded as high as $13,400 on signs of a market shortage with producers running out of inventory. The last time domestic Chinese lithium carbonate sold for more than $13,000 was August 2018.

Lithium hydroxide prices in China have also rallied this year, up more than 20%, although a relatively deep discount to carbonate continues to exist.

Hydroxide prices came close to $25,000 a tonne and carbonate peaked at $23,000 at the start of 2018, but entered a steady decline that only bottomed at the end of last year.