June 18 — Battery-grade lithium carbonate tumbled on the last trading day before
the Dragon Boat holiday after market talk of renewed output at CATL’s Jianxiawo
mine and an official land-use approval. By close the main lithium carbonate
futures contract 2609 fell over 6% to about 160,000 yuan/ton, more than 20%
below its prior peak. Spot battery-grade lithium carbonate averaged 168,800
yuan/ton in the morning, down 800 yuan from the previous day, according to
Shanghai Ganglian. Jiangxi provincial natural resources authorities said Yichun
Times New Energy Mining Co. obtained on June 17 a land-use pre-examination and
site-selection opinion for the Jianxiawo lithium mine, valid June 17, 2026–June
17, 2029.