Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In the first half of the year, the average price of lithium carbonate in battery -class rose 454% year -on -year

China Economic Net, Beijing, August 5th. Today, the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the operation of the nickel -cobalt lithium industry in the first half of 2022.

First, the production of nickel and lithium increased year -on -year, and the cobalt production decreased slightly. Driven by the rapid development of the new energy industry, nickel and lithium production have maintained growth. According to data from Beijing Antaike Information Co., Ltd., the output of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide in my country in the first half of the year was 168,000 tons and 110,000 tons, respectively, an increase of 42.4%and 35%year -on -year; Nickel, nickel -containing iron, nickel salt, etc., folded metal) output was 364,000 tons, an increase of 6.4%year -on -year, of which the output of nickel sulfate of lithium battery raw materials increased by 34.5%year -on -year; refined cobalt (including electrolytic cobalt, cobalt powder, salt, etc., etc. The output of folding metal was 58,000 tons, a year -on -year decrease of 6.9%.

Second, the price is high. According to data from Beijing Antai Corporation Co., Ltd., the average price of electrolytic nickel, metal cobalt, and battery -grade lithium carbonate in the first half of the year was 206,000 yuan/ton, 514,000 yuan/ton, 453,000 yuan/ton, a year -on -year increase of 57%, and the year -on -year increase of 57%. 48.5%and 454%; in the second quarter, the prices of nickel, cobalt, and battery -grade lithium carbonate at a high price were reduced by the high level of nickel, cobalt, and battery -level lithium carbonate in the second quarter. , 6.8%.

Third, the import of mineral products has differentiated, and the import of smelting products has increased year -on -year. According to the data of the General Administration of Customs, the import of nickel concentrate in the first half of the year was 15.1 million tons, a year -on -year decrease of 8.3%, and the imported nickel imports were 83,000 tons, a year -on -year decrease of 3.7%. 10,000 tons, an increase of 79.2%and 4%year -on -year; lithium concentrate and lithium carbonate imported 1.162 million tons and 71,000 tons, respectively, an increase of 13.5%and 66.5%year -on -year.

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