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The low spodumene price has tracked a steep decline in lithium chemicals prices over the last year on the back of slowed demand growth for electric vehicles and strong lithium supply.",{"type":576,"attrs":603,"content":604},{"textAlign":49},[605],{"text":606,"type":581},"But Ganfeng’s increased interest in securing spodumene could be a signal that the Chinese lithium chemical producer expects the market to improve.",{"type":576,"attrs":608,"content":609},{"textAlign":49},[610],{"text":611,"type":581},"“Many market participants in China have shared expectations of lithium demand recovery in the second quarter of 2024,” Adam Megginson, an analyst at Benchmark, said. “Therefore Ganfeng wanting to secure increased volume to meet this anticipated growth in demand makes sense.”",{"type":576,"attrs":613,"content":614},{"textAlign":49},[615,617,623],{"text":616,"type":581},"This sentiment is reflected in the fact that lithium carbonate futures contracts in China are indicating that future prices may be higher than current spot market prices, which ",{"text":618,"type":581,"marks":619},"Benchmark assesses",[620],{"type":596,"attrs":621},{"href":622,"uuid":49,"anchor":49,"target":49,"linktype":599},"https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/price-assessments/lithium/portal",{"text":624,"type":581}," at RMB 96,000 per tonne.",{"type":576,"attrs":626,"content":627},{"textAlign":49},[628],{"text":629,"type":581},"The updated offtake agreement will see Pilbara supply an additional 150,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate to Ganfeng Lithium this year for a total of 310,000 tonnes. 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The Chinese lithium chemical producer also announced it intends to increase its stake in Mali Lithium by up to 5% for […]",[749],{"slug":564,"name":565,"content":750},{"job_title":567,"image":751,"bio":570,"linkedin":571},{"filename":569},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"4a4900b7-e266-4547-a676-21639fde267c\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[755,758],{"slug":756,"name":757},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals",{"slug":759,"name":8},"lithium","private",{"id":49,"alt":762,"name":762,"focus":762,"title":762,"source":762,"filename":763,"copyright":762,"fieldtype":764,"meta_data":765,"is_external_url":51},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/356ba2340d/bm-mahong-factory.jpg","asset",{"alt":762,"title":762,"source":762,"copyright":762},"Jan 17, 2024","17th January 2024",[],[],1783682675032]