aprott/iStock via Getty Images Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the lithium miner news. The past month saw lithium prices generally flat. Lithium price news Metal.com reported a Australian spodumene concentrate 6% Li2O CIF China spot price of USD 2,080, as of March 24, 2026, roughly flat the past month. The China lithium carbonate spot price was flat last month, now at CNY 147,500 . China lith...
aprott/iStock via Getty Images Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the lithium miner news. The past month saw lithium prices generally flat. Lithium price news Metal.com reported a Australian spodumene concentrate 6% Li2O CIF China spot price of USD 2,080, as of March 24, 2026, roughly flat the past month. The China lithium carbonate spot price was flat last month, now at CNY 147,500 . China lithium carbonate spot price 5 year chart - CNY 147,500 (~USD 21,399) ( source) Trading Economics Lithium demand versus supply outlook Katusa Research is forecasting a small lithium deficit to begin in 2026 (as of January 2026) ( source ) Carbon Credits RMIS forecasts lithium deficits to start after 2028, may grow very large without major new investments (as of May 2025) ( source ) Carbon Credits Albemarle is forecasting lithium deficits more likely from ~2027/28 (as of mid 2025) ( source ) Albemarle GGII, a Shenzhen-based consultancy, forecasts a balanced lithium market this year, a 10,000t LCE deficit in 2026, and a 60,000t deficit in 2027 (as of mid 2025) ( source ) Volt Rush courtesy GGII Trend Investing v IEA demand forecast for EV metals (Trend Investing) ( IEA ) Trend Investing & the IEA Lithium market and battery news On February 25 Seeking Alpha reported : Lithium stocks rise as Zimbabwe bans exports of lithium concentrates, raw minerals...The export ban, which is intended to compel mining companies to refine minerals in the country, is effective immediately and will remain in place until further notice, Zimbabwe's mining minister said...Zimbabwe has some of the largest lithium reserves in Africa and is among the top global producers, with resources estimated at 126M tons, according to official data. The country's ban on lithium concentrates had been expected to come into effect in 2027 as part of a push for more local processing. On February 26 Car News China reported : New breakthrough in lithium battery technology enables 700 Wh/kg energy density...Compared to tradi...
Zuo Qianming Shanghai-listed Cinda Securities Co. Ltd. (601059.SH) has suspended the head of its research department after a female employee publicly accused him of sexual assault. Tang Chanyu, a researcher at the firm, said in a message posted online and addressed to colleagues that Zuo Qianming, the department’s director, assaulted her on Tuesday evening during a business trip to Shanghai. She a...
Zuo Qianming Shanghai-listed Cinda Securities Co. Ltd. (601059.SH) has suspended the head of its research department after a female employee publicly accused him of sexual assault. Tang Chanyu, a researcher at the firm, said in a message posted online and addressed to colleagues that Zuo Qianming, the department’s director, assaulted her on Tuesday evening during a business trip to Shanghai. She alleged that Zuo inappropriately touched her in a car on the way back to the hotel and later forced her into a taxi after she refused to go to his hotel room.
One Day After Gating, Ares Private Credit Fund Posts Biggest Monthly Loss In History, As Blankfein Warns Of "Reckoning" The market barely had time to process news that alternative investing giant, Aresm had joined the private credit "gate parade" - where fund after multi-billion fund informed investors they would get only a fraction of their requested redemption from money invested in Software " n...
One Day After Gating, Ares Private Credit Fund Posts Biggest Monthly Loss In History, As Blankfein Warns Of "Reckoning" The market barely had time to process news that alternative investing giant, Aresm had joined the private credit "gate parade" - where fund after multi-billion fund informed investors they would get only a fraction of their requested redemption from money invested in Software " not so perfectly money good" private credit loans - before finding out that the same Ares private credit fund, posted its steepest monthly loss on record in February, providing further evidence of the rapid decompression in the $1.8 trillion private credit market ( which Goldman valiantly defended overnight , in what may prove very quickly to have been a futile endeavor). The Ares Strategic Income Fund, a non-traded business development company launched in December 2022, lost 0.68% in February, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the fund’s regulatory filings. February was the worst month for the broader leveraged loan market since September 2022, as the private credit shoes started to fall one after the other. Just this weekend we reported that " Blackstone's Flagship Private Credit Fund, World's Largest, Posts First Monthly Loss Since 2022 ." And suddenly everyone is rushing to remark their fund from myth to something resembling a market (of course it will take them months to get there). Including a small loss in January, the Ares fund, which manages nearly $23 billion of assets, is down 0.7% so far this year. The fund’s decline reflects the broader selloff in public debt markets, which Ares uses to assign prices to its assets, rather than losses on any specific investments, Bloomberg sources said, although if its software investments are even in the remotely same ballpark as other funds, watch out below. Ares - aptly named after the ancient Greek god of war - officially launched ASIF on its wealth management platform and through investment advisers in April 2023 ...