Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Asset Allocation
Data update
Development News
Equity markets
Exploration News
Features
Finance/M&A
News & Views
products
Sponsored
The Drill Bit
The Future
Trade & Demand
Uncategorised

News

Lithium hydroxide continues to trump carbonate in Korea

Posted on - 06 Sep 2020

Category - Data update

Lithium hydroxide net imports continued to grow in Korea in July and they’re now exceeding lithium carbonate net imports on a 12 month rolling basis. This highlights the increasing dominance of high nickel battery chemistries which require hydroxide over carbonate as their primary ingredient. This is a situation particular to Korea which doesn’t have its own lithium hydroxide manufacturing capacity. Both Japan and China, which do, have either lower hydroxide net imports or are net exporters.

Login to read full article


Topics

Korea Lithium Carbonate Lithium Hydroxide