China’s auto sales up four-fold in 11th straight monthly gain
11 Mar 2021 Employees at a car accessories’ manufacturing company in Huaibei, China, on Thursday. Agence France-Presse
Auto sales in China, the world’s biggest auto market, surged 365% in February over the same month a year earlier for their 11th month of gains, as the country leads the global industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sales reached 1.46 million vehicles in February, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed.
A year ago, China’s auto sales were hit hard by nationwide travel curbs over the pandemic.
But the market started to bounce back in the second quarter, along with the rest of the economy, as the coronavirus was largely brought under control.
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Lithium prices are surging, sparking concerns about limited supplies of the battery metal that is crucial to the electric-vehicle boom.
Chinese prices for lithium, considered a bellwether because of the market’s higher liquidity and active spot market, have soared since the start of the year. Lithium carbonate, a compound of the silvery metal used in the batteries that power most of China’s electric-car fleet, has jumped 68% since the start of the year to $11,250 a metric ton, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
The price rally marks a sharp turnaround for lithium. A wave of investment in new mines until 2018 driven by overexuberant expectations of demand for electric cars created a glut of the metal that depressed prices.
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