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Tuesday 7 July 2026
China's sodium battery boom faces supply risk

China's sodium-ion battery sector is drawing intense attention as surging lithium carbonate prices lift lithium battery production costs...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Exclusive: Soaring lithium prices and China's mass production ignite a global sodium battery race

A more than 3x rise in China's lithium carbonate price over the past year has pushed sodium-ion batteries back into the spotlight,...

Thursday 25 June 2026
Automotive memory and LFP material costs surge, impact seen with Chinese automakers
Surging prices for automotive memory and lithium carbonate, a key upstream material for lithium batteries, have become a challenge regarding Chinese automakers' profit margins this...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Lithium carbonate prices recover as battery costs face fresh pressure

Lithium carbonate prices are beginning to recover as demand from China's power batteries and the global energy storage market strengthens...

Thursday 2 October 2025
US invests in domestic lithium project, secures equity stakes in Lithium Americas and GM joint venture
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its Loan Programs Office (LPO) has restructured a financing deal with Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC), with participation from General...
Monday 11 August 2025
CATL's permit lapse halts key lithium mine, jolts global supply chain
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), the world's largest EV battery manufacturer, confirmed it has halted output at its Jianxiawo lithium mine in Jiangxi after its mining...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
FSET launches Taiwan's first LFP battery recycling line to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate
On July 1, 2025, Formosa Smart Energy (FSET) announced the completion of Taiwan's first integrated demonstration line for LFP battery recycling, combining front-end physical crushing...
Thursday 7 December 2023
Will lithium carbonate cost slump cut EV prices?
Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices have dropped from CNY600,000 (US$84,363) per tonne in November 2022 to the current value of CNY150,000, a decline of over 70%. Since batteries...
Monday 26 June 2023
Will sodium-ion battery launch stabilize lithium carbonate prices?
China-based automakers such as Chery and Jiangling Motors (JMC) have started to use sodium-ion batteries in their EVs. The adoption has raised the question of whether it would cool...
Tuesday 21 March 2023
Lithium carbonate prices drop nearly 40% amid China's NEV subsidy reduction
Lithium carbonate, a material used in lithium batteries, including lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and ternary lithium batteries, has recently seen its price drop by nearly 40% to below...
Friday 17 February 2023
LFP battery prices start falling
Prices for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries have started to drop, thanks to lower lithium carbonate prices and sluggish demand for electric vehicles (EV), according to industry...
Friday 27 January 2023
China's LFP battery cathode material capacity glut will surface in 2023-2024?
China has been the most aggressive in the world in carrying out capacity expansions for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. China news media recently warned that an oversupply...
Monday 26 December 2022
Subsidy extension and falling lithium prices sustain China's NEV boom
The Chinese government recently announced that it's extending the tax subsidies for new energy vehicles (NEVs). Coupled with the falling prices of lithium ores, the main raw material...
Thursday 13 October 2022
Keen battery capacity expansions in China spark worry about possible supply glut
China's top-3 power battery makers Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), Ganfeng Lithium Group and EVE Energy have been aggressively proceeding with capacity expansions, with their...
Friday 2 September 2022
CATL stepping up battery materials recycling
Galloping prices of power battery materials are heaping heavy cost pressures on both EV and battery makers, fueling a new wave of materials recycling development in China, with even...