Titanium: Boeing, Airbus & Safran positive on aerospace outlook
The mood was jubilant last week as industry participants gathered in Las Vegas for the International Titanium Association (ITA) Titanium USA conference, held 7-10 October at the Bellagio resort. Both aerospace and industrial markets have performed strongly in 2017 and 2018, and indicators for the decade ahead suggest that strong… Read more
Batteries: Northvolt secures partnership with Umicore and BMW for second use and recycling of lithium-ion batteries
Northvolt has secured a partnership with Belgian chemicals company Umicore and German carmaker BMW to design and commercialise a process that would give automotive lithium-ion batteries a second life as an energy storage system, before recycling them. BMW will provide expertise in battery cell development and Umicore in developing battery… Read more
Copper: LME Week in Review
Last week the world copper industry gathered in London to debate the state of the market and to begin annual contract negotiations for 2019. Roskill’s Associate Analyst on Copper, Jonathan Barnes presented on “Electric Vehicles – The Positive Future for Copper Demand?” as just one of the many presentations that… Read more
North Korea tipped to be a significant future player in Magnesia industry
Alison Saxby, director at Roskill, spoke to Proactive’s Andrew Scott following the release of Roskill’s new 2018 report for magnesium compounds. Saxby says China has dominated world magnesia supply for decades, accounting for 70% of world production capacity and 60% of world production. She adds supply tightness affecting certain magnesia… Watch now
Demand for nickel sulphate set to explode as industry excitement builds
Thomas Höhne-Sparborth, senior economic analyst at Roskill, discusses with Proactive Investors the outlook for nickel sulphate. Nickel sulphate is the key material used to produce precursor materials for lithium-ion batteries. Höhne-Sparborth suspects forecasts that nickel sulphate demand will increase five fold over the next decade are conservative and says the… Watch now
Antimony to experience modest growth over next decade
Jack Bedder and Nils Backeberg from Roskill discuss with Proactive Investors their near term expectations for demand and supply of Antimony. Antimony is mostly used in flame retardants and lead-acid batteries. Together these end-uses accounted for 84% of antimony demand in 2017.
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Cobalt
Global Industry, Markets & Outlook 2018
Cobalt is mostly mined as a by-product of copper or nickel with the copper-cobalt sulphide deposits of the Central African Copper belt being the principal source. The DRC dominates global mine production and accounted for roughly 60% of global supply in 2015.
Lithium-ion Batteries
Market Development & Raw Materials 2018
“Growth in Li-ion battery demand will require fundamental changes to battery raw material industries.” Report includes: Analysis report with forecasts to 2027 Access to the report online through Roskill Interactive for up to 5 users Further background data available on request Hard copy of the report on request Access to… Read more
Lithium
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Demand for lithium continues to accelerate, fuelled by the growth in portable consumer electronics and more recently Li-ion battery use in automotive applications; even in it’s infancy, automotive accounted for nearly 50% of Li-ion battery output in 2016. Furthermore, with China at the forefront of this drive in vehicle electrification,… Read more
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Global Industry, Markets & Outlook
The Tantalum Report includes: Analysis report with forecasts to 2027 Further background data available on request Hard copy and electronic PDF of the report Access to the analysts for discussion around report content Quarterly updates The pattern of tantalum supply is expected to change rapidly and dramatically. In 2017, Africa… Read more
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