Metals & Mining Theme, Non-Ferrous

September 01, 2025

New Cobalt Metal and lithium spodumene symbols

The following Cobalt Metal and lithium spodumene symbols have been created under the Market Data category BAT (Metals: Battery Metals).

They will appear on:

Publication - Metals Daily, Metals Weekly, Metals Monthly, Battery Metals Weekly Report.

Fixed Pages- Platts Nonferrous Metals Alert MTL8880, MTL8888 and Platts Metals Alert PMA8880, PMA8888.

They are scheduled to begin updating on Sept. 1, 2025.

MDCSymbolBatesDecFreqCurrUOMDescription
BATSPODI00c2DWUSDMTSpodIX CIF China
BATSPODI03c2MAUSDMTSpodIX CIF China MAvg
BATBATCY00c0DWCNYMTCobalt Metal Ex Warehouse Shanghai Yuan/mt
BATBATCY03c0MACNYMTCobalt Metal Ex Warehouse Shanghai Yuan/mt MAvg
BATBATCL00c2DWUSDLBCobalt Metal Ex Warehouse Shanghai $/lb
BATBATCL03c3MAUSDLBCobalt Metal Ex Warehouse Shanghai $/lb MAvg

Please follow the link below for further details:

https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/pricing-benchmarks/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/090125-platts-launches-spodix-new-spodumene-concentrate-cif-china-assessment-reflecting-60-lithium-oxide-pricing-basis

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