RRSSF - Lithium Miners News For The Month Of January 2017
Welcome to the January 2017 edition of the lithium miner news. This month we have seen the "drama in the Atacama" dominate the lithium sector with SQM and Corfo reaching a deal after 3 years of stalemate. Due to the announced increase SQM quota, fears of oversupply resulted in most lithium stocks falling heavily during January.
Lithium spot and contract price news
During January, 99.5% lithium carbonate China spot prices were down 4.08% for the month. The graph below shows South American lithium contract prices have reached US$14,000/t.
Lithium contract price chart to end 2017