CME Group to Launch Lithium Futures on May 3

CME Group to Launch Lithium Futures on May 3

From prnewswire.com

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will launch Lithium Hydroxide CIF CJK (Fastmarkets) futures on May 3, pending all relevant regulatory reviews. Lithium futures are designed to help market participants manage their battery metals risk, and they represent the latest tool the exchange has launched to help establish a forward curve for a key material in the green economy, joining the recent launch of CME Group's Cobalt Metal (Fastmarkets) futures. "Demand for key battery metals like Lithium and Cobalt continues to accelerate as economies invest in lower ... (full story)

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