Daniel Fletcher-Manuel

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence is pleased to announce the launch of 44 rare earth permanent magnet price grades, bringing a new level of transparency to one of the most opaque and strategically important markets in the energy transition supply chain. The new service, launching Thursday 2 April, will cover rare earth permanent magnet prices across Japan/South Korea, Europe, North America and China, offering market participants an independent benchmark for tracking price movements across key magnet products and regional markets.

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence is pleased to announce the launch of its Lithium Forward Price Curves, providing the market with a new benchmark for year-ahead lithium price expectations across key battery raw material grades.

Battery materials markets have entered a new phase. What were once niche industrial inputs are now strategic commodities underpinning electric vehicles, energy storage, and national industrial policy. Demand has scaled quickly, supply chains have globalised, and investment has accelerated. Price discovery, however, has struggled to keep pace. Fragmented regional pricing, inconsistent methodologies, and sentiment‑driven signals have made it harder to understand what prices are really saying. In many cases, the noise has grown louder just as the need for clarity has increased. Today, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (BMI) launches its most significant pricing expansion to date. The launch introduces more than 2,500 proprietary price assessments, covering every major battery raw material, chemistry, and producing region globally.