Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In 2021, the overall nickel-cobalt-lithium industry will show a boom in both supply and demand, and product prices will rise sharply – Xinhua English.news.cn

Securities Times e company news, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In 2021, my country’s new energy industry will develop rapidly, and the overall nickel-cobalt-lithium industry will be in a booming pattern of supply and demand, product prices will rise sharply, and imports will increase significantly. According to Antaike data, in 2021, the output of refined cobalt in my country (including electrolytic cobalt, cobalt powder, cobalt salt, etc., equivalent to the amount of metal) will be 128,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 26.7%; the output of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide will be 240,000 tons and 17.5 tons respectively. 10,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 40.4% and 88.6%; primary nickel (nickel products produced from primary materials, including electrolytic nickel, nickel-containing pig iron, nickel salt, etc., converted to metal) The output was 669,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.1%. According to Antaike statistics, the average spot prices of electrolytic nickel and electrolytic cobalt in 2021 will be 137,000 yuan/ton and 363,000 yuan/ton, respectively, up 25.6% and 40.1% year-on-year; the average spot prices of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide will be 122,000 yuan respectively. RMB/ton and RMB 113,000/ton, up 177% and 117% year-on-year.