According to the data monitoring of business news agency, the price of lithium carbonate continued to rise this week, and the price of electric carbon of some manufacturers has exceeded 70000 yuan / ton. On January 21, the average price of industrial grade lithium carbonate in East China was 63600 yuan / ton, which was 6.35% higher than that at the beginning of the week (the average price of industrial grade lithium carbonate in East China was 59800 yuan / ton on January 17). On January 21, the average price of battery grade lithium carbonate in East China was 68300 yuan / ton, which was 7.39% higher than that at the beginning of the month (the average price of battery grade lithium carbonate in East China was 63600 yuan / ton on January 17). On the 20th, the comprehensive quotation of industrial grade lithium carbonate market was around 61000 ~ 68000 yuan / ton, and the comprehensive quotation of battery grade lithium carbonate market was around 65000 ~ 73000 yuan / ton.

From the observation of market changes, the price of lithium carbonate continues to rise in recent years, and the overall market is bullish. With the approaching of the Spring Festival holiday, the downstream purchasing intention is strengthened, and the demand for replenishment continues. At present, the transaction price in the market varies from high to low, and the purchase price gap of various types of material factories is relatively large. With the continuous increase of the downstream market, the demand for lithium carbonate in the lithium battery industry has increased, and the tight supply structure may continue.

The price of lithium hydroxide in the downstream also rose slightly, the overall supply and demand structure gradually improved, the superimposed ore price rose, the cost support and lithium carbonate price rose, which led to the price of lithium hydroxide also showed an upward trend. As for the lithium iron phosphate power market, due to the rising price of lithium carbonate and higher downstream demand, most lithium iron enterprises are facing tight shipment. The downstream battery enterprises have low acceptance of the increase, the price of iron lithium enterprises is relatively strong, and the zero order transaction in the market is not high.

According to the price monitoring of the business community, the lithium carbonate commodity index on January 20 was 161.02, up 3.06 points from yesterday, down 60.25% from 405.10 points (2018-01-07), the highest point in the cycle, and up 63.41% from 98.54 points, the lowest point on October 16, 2014. (Note: period refers to the period from September 1, 2011 to now)

According to lithium carbonate analysts of business news agency, at present, the market price of lithium carbonate still has a rising trend. With the domestic lithium salt trend gradually improving, in the form of tight supply structure, it is expected that the price of lithium carbonate may still be in an upward trend in the short term.