Lithium
The battery metal behind electric vehicles and grid storage. Prices swing with Chinese processing and battery demand.
14,540
USD/t, −4.8% on the week
Lithium, indicative, week of October 23, 2026. Source: Commodities-API (commodities-api.com), indicative prices.
49 weeks of Friday closes
- Week
- −4.8%
- 13-week range
- 14,540 to 23,220
- 52-week range
- 8,704 to 29,428
- Over the year
- +67.0%
- Matters to
- South America, Asia, North America
Where Canada sells it
Lithium, minerals and chemicals: C$293 million of Canadian exports in the 12 months to August 2026, 100% of it outside the United States.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian International Merchandise Trade Web Application (catalogue 71-607-X), domestic exports, by destination.
Largest buyers outside the United States
| China | C$232 million |
|---|---|
| Indonesia | C$61 million |
| Cuba | C$0.0 million |
| Spain | C$0.0 million |
| Japan | C$0.0 million |
| Czechia | C$0.0 million |
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