Price Briefing: Lithium prices "expected to be flat" for 2013, says FMC while rare earths dip
- Autores: Siobhan Lismore-Scott
- Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 549, 2013
- Idioma: inglés
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"We are seeing the growth for EV N if it takes off N to take off post 2015. And it's a bit slower than what most companies would have said one or two years ago," he specified, adding that "there is no significant change or increase in pace in this market today".
"Due to the lower demand [for] bromine as influenced by continuing macroeconomic tightening policy imposed by the Chinese government, the average selling price of bromine decreased from $3,560/tonne for the first quarter [of] 2012 to $3,053/tonne for the same period this year," CEO Liu Xiaobin said.
Commenting on the results, Sirocco CEO, Rick Clark, said: "Production [of 363 tonnes] in Q1 2013 was very strong, a 29% improvement over Q4 2012. Gross profits as a percentage of sales also improved in Q1 2013 compared to the last quarter in 2012, notwithstanding a decrease in iodine prices from the all time highs achieved in 2012."
