[go up! Why is "demon lithium" so ferocious? The explosive growth of the new energy vehicle market in 2021 has led to a triple jump in the price of battery-grade lithium carbonate, one of the main raw materials for power batteries, according to state media reports. From January to March in 2021, battery-grade lithium carbonate increased from 50,000 yuan / ton to 86000 yuan / ton; from August to November, it soared to 180000 yuan / ton; in December, it exceeded 200000 yuan / ton at the beginning of the month and rose to more than 270000 yuan / ton at the end of the month, an increase of more than 30 percent in the month and more than 400 percent in the same period last year.