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In turn, a flurry of opportunistic buying pushed quotations higher, amid a still-tight feedstock supply picture and robust demand indicators.",[743],{"type":587,"attrs":744},{"color":589},{"type":579,"attrs":746,"content":747},{"textAlign":49},[748],{"text":749,"type":584,"marks":750},"“Ultimately the delay between the resumption at Jianxiawo and additional battery-grade chemicals being available to the spot market demonstrates the role of sentiment in short term price fluctuations,” said Adam Megginson, Benchmark’s principal lithium price analyst.",[751],{"type":587,"attrs":752},{"color":589},{"type":694,"attrs":754},{"id":696,"body":755},[756],{"id":757,"_uid":758,"type":701,"component":702,"fixed_height":703,"use_fixed_height":50,"fixed_height_mobile":703,"fixed_height_tablet":703},"29581479","i-e8a3a89b-c30f-452e-8970-2e04dfd631da","CATL's Jianxiawo restart will lift Jiangxi's near-term lithium output, but offsetting suspensions and deferrals elsewhere in the province leave Benchmark's Q2 lithium forecast supply balance and price forecast essentially unchanged.\n\nCATL secured the safety production permit for its Jianxiawo lepidolite mine in Jiangxi, China on 29 June, the last official hurdle to restarting a mine that has sat idle since August 2025, when its permit expired amid a province-wide enforcement crackdown.\n\nThe restart arrives slightly ahead of the September timing Benchmark's Q2 Lithium forecast had initially assumed, with 62,500 tonnes LCE now forecast to be mined from Jianxiawo in 2026. This equates to roughly 1.5% of global mined supply, with the operation ramping toward its 150,000tpa nameplate capacity by 2029.",[761,770],{"slug":762,"name":763,"content":764},"cameron-perks","Cameron Perks",{"job_title":765,"image":766,"bio":768,"linkedin":769,"markets_covered":8},"Product Director - Lithium",{"filename":767},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/512x512/5504398139/cam-perks.png","Dr Cameron Perks is a leading global lithium expert and currently serves as Product Director for Lithium at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. With over a decade of experience in opaque mineral markets, he has led market strategy, pricing analysis, and bespoke consulting for clients ranging from junior explorers to OEMs and institutional investors. He was previously a consultant at TZMI, a geologist with the Geological Survey of NSW, and holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering.","https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronperks/",{"slug":771,"name":772,"content":773},"adam-megginson","Adam Megginson",{"job_title":774,"image":775,"bio":777,"linkedin":778,"markets_covered":779},"Principal Analyst",{"filename":776},"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/512x512/f25205e28d/adam-megginson.jpeg","Adam is a Principal Analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and is responsible for the lithium, graphite, synthetic graphite and anode price assessments. Adam is in constant communication with buyers, sellers, traders and distributors to collect first-hand price data and insights which are published in Benchmark's price assessments. He has presented battery supply chain analysis to executives and senators in the UK, US, France, Morocco, Germany and Japan. Before joining Benchmark, Adam worked at an energy transition impact investment company. There he focussed on distributing LPG smartmeters for cooking in Kenya and Tanzania. Adam graduated with a First Class Honours BSc in International Management from Warwick Business School..","https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-megginson/","Lithium,natural graphite, synthetic graphite, anode","article",[782,784,787],{"slug":783,"name":8},"lithium",{"slug":785,"name":786},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals",{"slug":788,"name":789},"raw-materials","Raw Materials","private",{"id":792,"alt":703,"name":703,"focus":703,"title":703,"source":703,"filename":793,"copyright":703,"fieldtype":794,"meta_data":795,"is_external_url":50},194093220133513,"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/1588x1346/b78df8dfe5/jiangxi-lithium-supply-change-2x.png","asset",{},{"id":797,"alt":703,"name":703,"focus":703,"title":703,"source":703,"filename":798,"copyright":703,"fieldtype":794,"meta_data":799,"is_external_url":50},107058186992878,"https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/x/ef56eb8d44/catl-posts-record-results-as-efficiency-and-capacity-expansion-drive-profit-growth.avif",{},"Jul 03, 2026","3rd July 2026",[],[],1783093094005]