Benchmark launches Black Mass Price Assessment service

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has launched its new monthly Black Mass Price Assessment, commencing publication on 31 July 2023.

China is the primary market for battery recycling and black mass trading, according to Benchmark’s Battery Recycling Forecast.

The launch of this latest Benchmark price assessment enables traders, recyclers, cathode manufacturers and the lithium ion battery supply chain to accurately track black mass prices. By publishing payables, equivalent chemical values alongside aggregated weighted average black mass prices, Benchmark empowers the market to realise commercial opportunities sooner, minimise risk, and better plan investment strategies.

Benchmark prides itself on truly understanding and listening to the black mass market to guide our IOSCO compliant Price Assessment practices.

Benchmark’s Monthly Black Mass Prices

Benchmark Black Mass Price Assessment subscribers will now have access to the following prices every month:

Payables

Black Mass Chemical Prices

Aggregated Black Mass Prices

These 13 prices will be published for access by subscribers to Benchmark’s website on the final working day of the month by 4pm (London). Market analysis will sent out to subscribers soon after.

Caspar Rawles, Benchmark’s Chief Data Officer, said:

“The importance of recycled material in the lithium ion battery supply continues to grow, and the launch of Benchmark’s Black Mass Price Assessment enables our subscribers to track pricing in this market as it plays a bigger role in global supply chains.

“This latest Price Assessment launch reconfirms Benchmark’s commitment to the most detailed, accurate and reliable data on the Energy Transition, and I commend the price team for the hard work it has taken to launch this market leading service.

“As the world’s black mass market matures further, Benchmark is committed to bringing further transparency to this opaque market with the ongoing evolution of its price assessment methodologies to meet the market’s needs.”

Benchmark Price Assessments – contact us:

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence is the world’s number one market price provider for the lithium ion battery to electric vehicle supply chain.

If you would like to provide feedback or become a price submitter for Benchmark Black Mass Price Assessment please contact us at prices@benchmarkminerals.com

We publish weekly and monthly Price Assessments – Lithium, Cobalt, Natural Graphite, Synthetic Graphite, Nickel, Cathodes, Anodes, Lithium-ion Cells, and Black Mass – to the highest IOSCO standard.

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