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Published price benchmark · Lithium metal, 99% battery grade
171 records across 1 benchmark series · $/mt
Monthly Lithium metal, 99% battery grade benchmark in the original $/mt unit. Each observation preserves its reporting month; no annual averaging or currency conversion.
| Reporting month | Published price benchmark | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-06 | 63643.21697331381 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2012-07 | 63568.83181793182 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2012-08 | 63682.97770550009 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2012-09 | 64069.57020512695 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2012-10 | 64650.80208309504 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2012-11 | 64970.67068237064 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2012-12 | 64966.88593049752 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-01 | 65091.61180381326 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-02 | 64976.62540666475 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-03 | 65155.51269425376 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-04 | 65464.67141115809 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-05 | 65950.2012685351 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-06 | 66020.6709760695 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-07 | 66023.44333103017 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-08 | 66157.08673385964 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-09 | 66172.35332436905 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-10 | 66349.80294230478 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-11 | 66467.28749175138 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2013-12 | 66673.81818459182 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-01 | 66925.97396344891 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-02 | 66601.1971131601 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-03 | 65609.67415863957 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-04 | 62763.45206152614 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-05 | 62513.26777269941 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-06 | 62586.78725218371 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-07 | 62910.21247075713 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-08 | 63367.33947414548 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-09 | 63527.23188765873 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-10 | 63666.21034636748 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-11 | 63660.2571965017 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2014-12 | 62990.88620867148 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-01 | 62721.332383483 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-02 | 62376.58007806205 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-03 | 62504.8522794935 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-04 | 62879.05216442636 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-05 | 62865.928170524 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-06 | 65774.04402044808 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-07 | 66036.930135774 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-08 | 64690.82054201086 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-09 | 64377.953626147 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-10 | 66928.62550855718 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-11 | 69058.99003943695 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2015-12 | 72882.47516935048 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-01 | 72300.73827338257 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-02 | 72545.63401810687 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-03 | 78006.30430669061 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-04 | 81775.70621802637 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-05 | 103004.9361784896 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-06 | 106175.680628503 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-07 | 104821.5470943987 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-08 | 105275.5106989647 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-09 | 104905.3343891721 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-10 | 111785.5400678893 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-11 | 116946.2363305109 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2016-12 | 115548.9336889213 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-01 | 116016.211055313 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-02 | 116384.7304306754 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-03 | 115996.7948326595 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-04 | 116089.7759779202 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-05 | 116156.845178383 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-06 | 117521.6780900759 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-07 | 118117.0270504819 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-08 | 119918.1825591873 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-09 | 121812.6703788118 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-10 | 123644.6015980743 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-11 | 132143.8435163116 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2017-12 | 138042.4449578921 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-01 | 141477.9736157397 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-02 | 143975.769873261 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-03 | 143979.278202447 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-04 | 144462.5660482278 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-05 | 143941.6006324498 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-06 | 144682.2120577029 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-07 | 136396.4919756645 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-08 | 131186.0037557343 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-09 | 128398.3391524536 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-10 | 124993.6411995054 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-11 | 120330.2824370434 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2018-12 | 119539.9373180435 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-01 | 117410.3413847597 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-02 | 117155.2072497673 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-03 | 116143.3212919558 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-04 | 112608.0442018642 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-05 | 108327.7889676546 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-06 | 105147.6575770884 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-07 | 98557.47690484308 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-08 | 92297.52448187856 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-09 | 90613.0381339729 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-10 | 89768.31076106695 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-11 | 85586.30509997181 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2019-12 | 83369.60877103482 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-01 | 84515.02925086957 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-02 | 84090.140102 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-03 | 84763.64251363635 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-04 | 80179.88385136364 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-05 | 76716.06809857143 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-06 | 72682.34472545455 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-07 | 67930.88594652174 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-08 | 68554.15717047619 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-09 | 69236.40839954546 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-10 | 69367.46173454545 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-11 | 70408.86870095239 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2020-12 | 71683.13575304348 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-01 | 76313.43475285714 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-02 | 79876.0632235 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-03 | 85196.12259652175 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-04 | 89693.1530009091 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-05 | 94471.27044809524 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-06 | 96521.50791363636 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-07 | 95767.61461818182 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-08 | 103970.1406418182 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-09 | 122714.9005 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-10 | 142293.4406904762 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-11 | 163563.7530090909 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2021-12 | 184429.3076173913 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-01 | 266260.8506142857 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-02 | 341140.047585 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-03 | 473185.8825478261 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-04 | 490008.1789809524 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-05 | 453228.8572181818 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-06 | 443656.2049090909 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-07 | 441052.3354380952 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-08 | 435305.331326087 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-09 | 418813.4928227273 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-10 | 409005.5056571429 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-11 | 409954.0166772727 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2022-12 | 421882.4549409091 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-01 | 430097.8227818182 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-02 | 416103.53512 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-03 | 354118.3082695652 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-04 | 289990.748865 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-05 | 224371.317926087 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-06 | 264872.0279454545 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-07 | 268325.5716809524 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-08 | 248534.4317217391 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-09 | 207135.5084809524 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-10 | 179183.3216590909 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-11 | 169803.6390409091 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2023-12 | 150633.2850095238 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-01 | 122568.0850217391 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-02 | 121638.0524142857 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-03 | 124285.9050285714 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-04 | 124327.2883681818 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-05 | 124404.9609782609 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-06 | 121502.490755 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-07 | 114426.5757043478 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-08 | 107474.5133181818 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-09 | 103653.0490190476 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-10 | 102664.2511347826 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-11 | 99543.68902380952 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2024-12 | 96533.88027181818 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-01 | 91267.27120391304 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-02 | 90862.0400435 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-03 | 89546.10487428571 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-04 | 85250.20191 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-05 | 82233.826185 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-06 | 77075.40465857142 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-07 | 77346.04119826086 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-08 | 81553.94802095238 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-09 | 84644.21118636364 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-10 | 82990.07994478261 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-11 | 85629.7223035 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2025-12 | 95256.61168 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2026-01 | 131371.4684090909 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2026-02 | 149174.50071 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2026-03 | 155400.7472318182 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2026-04 | 159973.0811727273 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2026-05 | 174127.178047619 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2026-06 | 166817.139 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2026-07 | 156809.1336782609 | Unit from retained registry |
| 2026-08 | 148620.000752381 | Unit from retained registry |
Source and methods
40 retained PCPS commodity benchmarks, with original reporting months and normalized values. Units and price specifications come from the retained Commodity Origins PCPS registry and are explicitly flagged as registry units; they are not inferred from numeric magnitude here. Different currencies, cents/dollars, mass units, regional price specifications and publisher benchmarks are not interchangeable. No unit/currency conversion or annual averaging is applied.
IMF Primary Commodity Price System (PCPS). International Monetary Fund. Primary Commodity Price System (PCPS), https://data.imf.org/en/datasets/IMF.RES:PCPS. Accessed on 2026-09-17. Native selection from the retained Commodity Origins normalization, formatted by World Signals Monitor. Redistribution authorized by the project owner; original publisher metadata is preserved. No publisher endorsement is implied.
Retrieved 2026-09-17. Selection, formatting and charts by World Signals Monitor. No publisher endorsement is implied.
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